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That Was Then This is Now By: S.E. Hinton

1. Q Who are Bryon and Mark?  A  Bryon and Mark are sixteen year old boys who are best __friends__ and like brothers. They like to hustle people in pool and they usually earn alot of money that way. The boys also have very different looks.

2.  Q  Who are the two young people Bryon meets at the hospital? A  While at the hospital to see his mother, Bryon meets Cathy, M&M's sister, for the first time in years. He also meets a boy covered in bandages named Mike Chambers who was beaten up because he tried to do something kind for a stranger.

3. Q  What kind of relationship does Bryon have with Charlie? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bryon says Charlie has a tough reputation and keeps order really good. They are friends but Charlie, who runs a bar, is also a tough businessman. Charlie trusts Bryon with certain things and Bryon thinks Charlie is very smart. <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif;">They met because Bryon went out with Charlie's sister, but when they broke up Charlie and Bryon stayed friends.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">4. <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What happens at the dance? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> At the dance, Angela, Bryon's ex-girlfriend, got a random guy to pick a fight with a boy named Curtis. When Mark stepped in and told the boy trying to beat up Curtis to fight fair, he hit Mark in the head with a beer bottle, causing him to go to a hospital.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">5. <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What does Bryon to discover in his private conversations with Mark? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bryon discovers that he is the only "real" family Mark has and that they are just like real brothers. He also realizes how much his life is changing and how things just slip away as you get older.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">6. <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What happened to Charlie? How do Bryon and Mark feel about it? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Charlie was killed when he slammed the boys on to the ground to protect them from two Texans who were angry that they were hustled. Charlie was shot right above his left eye and he died. Bryon has a hard time talking about it with Mark, but he feels Cathy can understand him better. Bryon feels that he blew everything for Charlie, but Mark felt that things just happen. Bryon also felt that death by violence wasn't the same as any other kind of death. After Charlie's death, both boys acted strange but Bryon became a different person.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">7 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What do Mark and Cathy think of each other? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Mark and Cathy don't get along because they __start__ to fight over Bryon. They also have many different opinions on topics like fighting and Mark thinks Cathy is judgmental and he tells her not to analyze him.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">8 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What does Mark do to Angel? Why? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> When Mark and Bryon are driving down the Ribbon, they find Angela drunk and upset so they let her into their ____#|car____. Angela passes out after drinking some rum and then Mark cuts off her long black hair because of how she set up Curtis at the dance and almost got Mark killed.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">9 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> In chapter seven, what does Bryon begin to discover about his good friend Mark? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bryon begins to discover why everyone likes Mark and that nothing had ever left a mark on him. He also wonders what he ever did to deserve someone like Mark as a friend. They both discover that they had been leaving each other recently.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">10 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What happens to Bryon at Terry Jones’ house? How does his attitude change? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> At Terry Jones' house Bryon is beaten up by Angela's brother Curly and his friend Tim Shepard. His attitude changes when he says that he doesn't want anyone to fight the Shepards. He says he is sick of everyone getting even with each other.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">11 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> In chapter nine, what happens to M&M? Why does this move Bryon? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bryon and Cathy find M&M but he is extremely messed up from drugs so they take him to the hospital. This moved Bryon because Cathy was so upset and he felt bad for her.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">12 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What shocking discovery does Bryon make in Mark’s bedroom (chapter 10)? What does he do? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bryon accidentally finds a tube with pills in it and he comes to a conclusion that Mark is selling drugs. He calls the police on Mark and he is arrested.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">13 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> How does Bryon’s relationship with his friends and his attitude toward life completely change? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bryon doesn't seem to care about anyone or anything he used to care about. He constantly asks himself what he could have done differently. His life seemed like a blur.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">14 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> How does Bryon feel at the end of the book? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> At the end of the book Bryon wishes he could have done something different and he wishes he was sure of things like he was when he was a kid. He says that he feels worn out with caring about people.

<span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">15 <span style="background-color: #b8f5f5; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Q <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> What do you think about this book and what life message does it teach? <span style="background-color: #b1fcb1; color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">A <span style="color: #cb16cb; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> I think this book teaches the importance of friendship and family. It also teaches how quickly things and people can change but you should try to hold on to them if you really love them.