Questions for American Graffiti

  1. What is the attitude of police officers toward teenagers?
  2. What is the problem between Steve and Lori? What advice would you give them?
  3. How does the relationship between John and Carol change over the course of the night?
  4. What does John give Carol to remember him by?
  5. How do teens think of Wolfman Jack? (Where does he transmit from?)
  6. How does Terry (Toad) change?
  7. What does Curt do as part of his initiation into the Pharoahs?
  8. What changes Steve's and Curt's minds about going away to college? Why is this ironic? (Opposite from what you would have expected.)
  9. At the end of the movie we are told that John is killed by a drunk driver, Terry (Toad) is reported Missing in Action, Steve is an insurance agent, and Curt is a writer in Canada. Why is it important to include this information? How does each event relate to the rest of the movie?