Answer:
Ponyboy feels alarmed at the possibility of the Curtis boys being separated from staying together after the incident.
Explanation:
The article wrote that the Curtis boys should be allowed to stay together. It was at this point that Ponyboy realized that there was a chance that he and Sodapop might be separated from Darry. He was alarmed as he had never thought of this possibility before then. The lifestyles of teenagers, Ponyboy and the other Curtis boys, were chronicled in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" (1967). The novel told stories of teenager rebellion at a time, Hinton was herself a teenager.
