Literature Circle

I am reading the book the Outsiders in my eighth grade English class for my literature cirlce unit. We were assigned jobs today to find information about the book. My role is discussion director. As discussion director I have to make five questions about chapters one and two that my other group members will answer.

Today in English class we are to write our first jounral respone. In the journal respone I am to describe the setting, the characters, and find a quotation that descibes the characters I have been introduced to so far.
Five Questions about Chapter 1 & 2

1. Why is Jonny afraid accoriding to the story Ponyboy Curtis told Cherry?
2. What was Dally being blamed for at the drive in?
3. Who does Ponyboy like better, Sodapop or Darry?
4. Why did Sodapop drop out of school?
5. Why did Darry not except the athletic scholarship he got?

Answers:

1. Jonny is afraid according to the story Ponyboy Curtis told Cherry because he was found beaten up by the Socs with blood all over his shirt. Jonny doesn't normally cry when he gets beat up, but he was crying when the socs beat him up because he was hurt so badly.
2. Dally was being blamed for scratching someones car with his blade at the drive-in. Dally lost/broke his blade so he kept a pipe in his pocket instead so it wasn't him. He was being blamed for it though becasue he was standing there when it happened and because he is the type of kid who would do that sort of thing.
3. Ponyboy likes his brother Sodapop better because he understands the desicions and choices he makes whereas Darry yells at him, so there relationship isn't as good.
4. Sodapop dropped out of school because he was failing all but two classes so he thought he was dumb. Also because he wanted to help support the family since there parents died in a car accident.
5. Darry didn't accept the athletic scholarship because he didn't have enough money to go, so now he works hard jobs to help support the family.