University of Wisconsin, Stout

SCIENCE 102

Chapter 6

1)“She said she felt the whole mess was her fault, which it is, and that she’d keep up with what was comin’ off with the Socs in the rumble and would testify that the Socs were drunk and looking for a fight and that you fought back in self­defense.”

2.  “We’re goin’ back and turn ourselves in.”

3.  “’You don’t know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh, blast it, Johnny’ – he pushed his white­blond hair back out of his eyes – ‘you get hardened in jail. I don’t want that to happen to you.  Like it happened to me…”

4. “I caught one quick look at his face; it was red­marked from falling embers and sweat­ streaked, but he grinned at me. He wasn’t scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes. He looked like he was having the time of his life.”
5.  “’I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time. First you and the black­ haired kid climbing in that window, and then the tough­looking kid going back in to save him. Mrs. O’Briant and I think you were sent straight from heaven. Or are you just professional heroes or something?”
6.  “I let go of Soda and stood there for a minute. Darry didn’t like me….he had driven me away that night…he had hit me…Darry hollered at me all the time…he didn’t give a hang about me… Suddenly I realized, horrified that Darry was crying.”

7.  “I had taken the long way around, but I was finally home. To stay.”

8. Go back to Chapter 4. Pony says, “I figured I couldn’t get into any worse trouble than murder.” How does this foreshadow the events that take place in Chapter 6?