Outsiders Vocab 10-12

6. At the hearing, the judge made no ________ to the night Bob was killed, focusing instead on Ponyboy’s well-being.
8. After Johnny and Dally died, Ponyboy wandered around in a ________, barely able to process what had happened.
9. Darry looked ________ with worry when he thought he might lose Ponyboy, just like they had lost their parents.
10. When Ponyboy was ________ in the hospital, he kept insisting that he had killed Bob, even though he hadn’t.

1. Ponyboy ________ off the sidewalk, not really paying attention to where he was going after Dally’s death.
2. At the end of the trial, Ponyboy was ________, but the experience left him shaken and distant.
3. Ponyboy didn’t want people to treat him with ________ after the trial; he wanted them to see him as strong.
4. Ponyboy collapsed into bed from pure ________ after the rumble and all the chaos that followed.
5. Ponyboy ________ his fists, trying to hold back his emotions after Dally was shot.
7. Ponyboy felt a ________ emptiness after losing both Johnny and Dally in the same night.