Answer: using his head or getting jumped by socs
Step-by-step explanation:
I'd say using his head because Soda doesn't yell at him and he doesn't deal with steve much but Darry yells at Ponyboy for not using his head and in the story he gets jumped by socs 2-3 times (i think)
So it has to be one of those answers (sorry for the unspecific answer)