As ____(full name) is walking home from a ____, five members of a gang called the ____ pull up in a Corvair and jump him. He is rescued by his ____ and members of his own gang, the ____. With this opening scene, the first-person narrator, ____ (just first name), introduces the reader to the characters and the setting of the novel. Readers learn who the Greasers and the Socs are. You also learn that Ponyboy loves ____and ____ and feels close to his middle brother, ____. There are hints (foreshadowing) of problems and conflicts to come. The Socs have already beaten up the youngest member of the gang, ____, and the Curtis brothers are allowed to stay ____ as long as they do not get into ____

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