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= 1. Who are Bryon and Mark? = = Bryon and Mark are best friends and have always been since childhood. After Mark's parents died he moved in with Bryon and his mom and has been treated like family. Mark and Bryon have many adventures that have tested their friendship. = = 2. Who are the two young people Bryon meets in the hospital? = = Bryon meets Cathy a girl who works at the hospital and is M&M's sister. Bryon also meets Michael a boy who has been beaten up for helping someone. = = 3. What kind of relationship does Bryon have with Charlie? = = Bryon always goes to Charlie's bar and talks and plays pool. Charlie loves Bryon and tries to keep him safe from danger that may come. Charlie is kind to Bryon and only asks that he pays his tab. = = 4.What happens at the dance? = = Bryon goes to a dance with Cathy and Mark. Bryon and Cathy are having a great time dancing and talking, then they hear screams and run outside. It turns out that Mark has been hit with a beer bottle and needs to be rushed to the hospital. Mark survives the harsh blow to his head. = = 5. What does Bryon begin to discover in his private conversations with Mark? = = Bryon realizes the Mark doesn't feel like he is part of Bryon and his mom's family. = = 6. What happens to Charlie? How do Bryon and Mark feel about it? = = Bryon and Mark have finished playing pool and leave the bar but they are being followed. Two guys trap them in an alley way one has a gun. Just before they are about to be beat up Charlie comes around the corner with a gun and says drop the boys and the gun. The boys run to Charlie and then Charlie gets shot. For the next weeks Bryon can't get the thoughts of Charlie out of his mind. Mark can and is ok with it and keeps telling Bryon death is a part of life. Bryon just can't seem to understand it. = = 7. What do Mark and Cathy think of each other? = = Mark and Cathy do not really like each other. They don't understand each others point of view and they feel like they are fighting over Bryon. = = 8. What does Mark do to Angel? Why? = = Mark cuts Angel's hair off while she is asleep in Bryon's car. Mark cuts off Angel's hair because Angel had Mark hit on the head with a bottel at the dance that almost killed him. = = 9. In chapter seven what does Bryon begin to discover about his good friend Mark? = = Bryon begins to discover that he and Mark are growing apart. Bryon feels that the distance between the two is growing greater. = = 10. What happens to Bryon at Terry's house? How does his attitude change? = = Bryon is beat up by Angel's brothers because of what Mark did to her hair. When Mark arrives at Terry's house Bryon tells him that he isn't mad at Angel and Bryon says that he doesn't want Mark to get back at them because he wants to stop all the fighting between them. = = 11. In chapter nine what happens to M&M? Why does this move Bryon? = = Bryon and Cathy go to find M&M and when they do his mind is lost he tried a drug and it made him loose his mind. They take him to a hospital and he is going to live but he can loose his mind again. This moves Bryon because he realizes that he cares for Cathy so much that he feels just as bad as Cathy feels about M&M. = = 12. What shocking discovery does does Bryon make in Mark's bedroom? What does he do? = = Bryon goes under Mark's bed looking for a cigarette but instead he finds pills and drugs. Bryon calls the cops on Mark and has him arrested for selling drugs. = = 13. How does Bryon's relationshipwith his friends and his attitude toward life completely change? = = Bryon spends less time with his friends and more time at work. Bryon doesn't get imto fights anymore nor does he go out with girls as often as he used to. = = 14. How does Bryon feel at the end of the book? = = Bryon feels bad about calling the cops on Mark when if he just asked Mark to stop selling drugs he would have stopped. Bryon also doesn't have the same feelings for Cathy as he used to. He hopes that she will have a good life. = = 15. What did you think about the bookand what life message does it teach? = = I liked the book but thought that every bad thing possible happened to Bryon and Mark. The life message that it teaches is that you should be loyal to your friends but always tell the truth. = = = = =