Kristen+D.

"That Was Then, This Is Now" By: S.E. Hinton = =

1. Q: Who are Bryon and Mark?
==== A: Bryon is a big, tough sixteen year old with dark hair and dark eyes who was the hustler. Mark is a small teen with golden hair and golden eyes who was a thief. They are really good friends, but they treat each other like brothers. ====

3. Q: What kind of relationship does Bryon have with Charlie?
==== A: Bryon and Charlie's relationship started when Bryon was dating Charlie's sister. Bryon and Charlie still remained friends even though Bryon and Charlie's sister stopped dating. Charlie is a owner of a bar/pool area. Bryon and Mark are not old enough to go into the bar/pool area, but Charlie lets them in anyway. ====

4. Q: What happens at the dance?
==== A: At the dance, Mark and Curtis were sitting around Terry's car when a guy that Angela hired started going at Curtis. The guy was about to hit Curtis with a broken bottle, when Mark stepped in the middle of them and said that they should fight fairly. The guy ignored what Mark said and hit Mark with the bottle. Mark was rushed to the hospital and needed stitches as soon as he got there. ====

5. Q: What does Bryon begin to discover in his private conversations with Mark?
==== A: In his private conversations with Mark, Bryon begins to discover that Mark thought of him as a real brother and Bryon's mom, not a real mom. Also, Bryon discovered that Mark missed the days they had when they were younger. Lastly, Bryon discovered that Mark felt that something was coming to an end because something else was beginning. ====

6. Q: What happened to Charlie? How to Bryon and Mark feel about it?
==== A: When Bryon and Mark were coming out of Charlie's bar, the Texans started to go after them about how they kept winning the pool game. When Charlie recognized that Bryon and Mark were in the alley with the Texans, he called them to get out of there. Charlie was trying to defend Bryon and Mark when one of the Texans shot Charlie in the left eye and he died. Bryon said that Charlie warned them to be careful when they hustled, but they did it anyway. He was also going on and on about how Charlie was all set with his business, and not getting drafted and how they blew it for him. But Mark wasn't one bit worried about what happened. ====

7. Q: What do Mark and Cathy think of each other?
==== A: Mark and Cathy don't think very much of each other. Mark was getting jealus because Bryon was spending more time with Cathy than he was with him. Also, Cathy doesnt really like Mark's personality. Bryon already sensed in Cathy the same hostility toward Mark that he had for her. He also realized that whatever chance Mark and Cathy ever had of becoming friends was gone. ====

8. Q: What does Mark do to Angel? Why?
==== A: When Angel feel asleep in the back of their car, Mark cut off Angel's black hair. He did that because she hired someone to go after Curtis at the dance. When Mark tried to stop the guy, he hit him with the bottle leaving Mark with a bad cut. ====

9. Q: In chapter seven, what does Bryon begin to discover about his good friend Mark?
==== A: In chapter seven, Bryon begins to discover that Mark doesn't think anything bad happened to him. Then Bryon realizes that none of those things left a mark on Mark because he was Mark the lion. He was different from other people and and didn't care about anyone exept for Bryon. ====

10. Q: What happens to Bryon at Terry Jones's house? How does his attitude change?
==== A: At Terry Jones's house, Tim and Curly Shepard were punching Bryon becasuse he admitted that he cut off Angela's hair. His attitude changed because he told Mark that he didn't want anybody to fight the Shepard's. He also said that he was sick of the "getting-even jazz" and "hedging and playing" the game. ====

11. Q: In chapter nine, what happens to M&M? Why does this move Bryon?
==== A: In chapter nine, M&M took a drug, called LSD, at the hippie house he disappeared too. The drug made M&M have visions that there was spiders eating away his stomach. This moves Bryon because he feels like it's his little brother and that he needs to be right by his side. ====

12. Q: What shocking discovery does Bryon make in Mark's bedroom? What does he do?
==== A: In Mark's bedroom, Bryon found a carton of drugs under is bed. Bryon knew Mark wasn't taking them so he assumed he was selling them. Bryon was dissappointed in Mark because that's what M&M was suffering over. Also, Bryon was mad that Mark didn't share any of the money he was making with him and his mom when they needed it most. Bryon called the cops and told the them all that Mark had done. Therefore, Mark was arrested. ====

13. Q: How does Bryon's relationship with his friends and his attitude toward life completely change?
==== A: Bryon's relationship with his friends completely changed. He is not going out with Cathy anymore because he doesn't have feelings for her. Bryon can barely talk to M&M because he feels to bad. He also doesn't want to hang out with others anymore. His attitude toward life changed because everything was in a big clump. He couldn't consentrate in school, he didn't try to visit Mark anymore because he hates him, and most importantly he feels like he's in a mixture of things. ====

14. Q: How does Bryon feel at the end of the book?
==== A: At the end of the book, Bryon feels like he is too mixed up to even care what is going on in his life. The one thing he mostly wonders is "what if?" and he wishes he can be a kid again so he can get the answers to his questions. ====

15. Q: What do you think about this book and what life message does it teach?
==== A: I think that this book was a very inspiring and interesting book to read. The book took place in the 1960's, so it was very different to what we would do now. There were a lot more gang fights back then compared to today. This book taught me to always do the right thing no matter what situation your in. Also, it teaches me to live by experience and always trust the people you care for most. You will never know what life will bring you. ====