That Was Then, This is Now Chapter 2 true or false questions 1. Bryon’s mother was in the hospital after a costly operation, and it had left the family short of money.
2. Bryon was concerned about the fact that Mark had been stealing things since he was six years old.
3. Being a thief was a game for Mark, and he didn’t see anything wrong with stealing stuff.
4. After the hippie that they beat up refused to fight back, Bryon and Mark jumped others like him and took their money whenever they could.
5. The hippie who gave Bryon and Mark a ride to the hospital talked about the old house they rented where everybody lived in peace and good will.
6. At least two neighborhood ladies a day had visited Bryon’s mom, and they had also brought food.
7. Though he was slight and slender, Mark was much stronger than he looked.
8. Bryon’s mother asked him to go talk to the kid across the hall because nobody had visited him.
9. Mark refused to go visit the sick kid even though he promised Bryon’s mother that he would.
10. When he was thirteen, Bryon had been beaten up by two cops who picked him up one night when he had been drinking.
11. Bryon immediately recognized the cute girl working in the hospital snack bar as M&M’s older sister.
12. Cathy described her brother as a beautiful child with a beautiful smile and a mind to match.
13. When he left the snack bar, Bryon wasn’t interested in seeing Cathy again.
14. Bryon waited in Mike Chamber’s room for Mark to return from the drugstore with comic books for Mike.
15. Mike said that Bryon and Mark didn’t look much alike, but Mike and his older brother didn’t look much alike either.
16. Mike admitted that he behaved like Sir Galahad around girls.
17. Mike defended a black girl when members of his own gang were taunting and threatening her.
18. The gang Mike was with didn’t beat him up because he had a reputation as a fighter with an uncontrollable temper like his older brother, who was in jail.
19. The girl agreed to allow Mike to drive her home because it was dangerous for her to wait alone for the next bus.
20. Once she was in the truck with Mike, the girl was no longer afraid and carried on a friendly conversation.
21. Mike’s dad said he was a dumb kid for being in the hospital, and he kept the boy’s mother from coming to see him.
22. Mike figured out from what Connie was saying that she was fed up with getting walked all over by white people.
23. Connie begged the black kids who were there when Mike pulled up in front of her house not to beat him up
24. Because of his experience with Connie, Mike had grown to hate black people.
25. Mark said if anyone ever hurt him the way Mike had been hurt, he would hate them for the rest of his life.