The Socs jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public ___________ one day and an asset to society the next.

He liked fights, blondes, and for some ______ reason, school.

He has a finely drawn, sensitive face that somehow manages to be ______ and thoughtful at the same time.

I was smarting and aching and my chest was sore and I was so nervous my hands were shaking and I wanted to start ______, but you just don't say that to Darry.

She gave him an ______ look; and then she threw her Coke in his face.

Two-Bit knew better than to scare Johnny like that. I guess he'd forgotten. He's kind of ______.

Dallas ______ for a second. If it had been me, or Two-Bit, or Soda or Steve, or anyone but Johnny, Dally would have flattened him without a moment's hesitation.

9. Dally grinned ______. "I'm never nice. Want a Coke?"

Johnny's eyes went round and he ______ as though I'd belted him. Two-Bit slapped me a good one across the side of the head, and hard.