Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry eat dinner together at home. They shower, change their clothes, and grease their hair to ____ for the rumble. Ponyboy takes five aspirin, hoping they will relieve his ____. Darry is hesitant to allow Ponyboy to attend the rumble this evening because he's out of shape—he has lost ____ since being injured—and Darry thinks he looks kind of sick. Plus Ponyboy is distracted with worry over ____, who is still in the hospital fighting for his life. But Ponyboy presses Darry to let him fight, and Darry gives in. After Steve and Two-Bit arrive, they all head over to the vacant lot, where they are joined by Tim Shepard's greasers and another ____ from a suburb called Brumly. After four carloads of well-dressed ____ arrive right on time, tall and muscular ____ steps forward and offers to "take on anyone." A husky guy named Paul from Darry's old high school football team steps up to accept the challenge. Everyone is distracted as ____ runs up, yelling, "Hold it!" Paul takes advantage of the diversion and lands the first ____, which starts the rumble. The Socs are the first ones to leave the rumble, which declares the ____ the winners. Steve is doubled over on the ground, groaning from the pain of three broken ribs. Two-Bit looks the worst of the bunch with blood pouring down the side of his face and a hand broken open. Darry has a black eye blooming and a cut across his forehead. Ponyboy lies limp on the ground from being ____ in the head and sports numerous bruises on his face and back. ____ grabs Ponyboy and they race over to the ____ to check on Johnny, but a cop stops them for speeding. Dally talks his way out of a ticket, claiming he is taking the injured Ponyboy to the hospital. The officer provides a police escort, so they arrive at the hospital in record time. Still Johnny is clearly ____ when they arrive. Dally delivers the rumble results to Johnny, who responds by saying, "____ no good." Dally tells Johnny all the greasers are proud of him, just before Johnny dies. Dally pounds on the wall, then ____ into the night.

Chapter 9 Summary - The Outsiders

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