That Was Then, This Is Now

Bryon and Mark went to the pool hall to make money by

• hustling pool games
• playing cards
• working for Charlie at the bar

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

It was illegal for Bryon to be in the pool hall because

• the police had banned him
• there was an adjoining bar and he was only 16
• the bartender knew he was under age

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Charlie warned Bryon and Mark that they

• had no more credit at the bar
• were going to get in real bad trouble hustling
• were being watched by the cops

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mark had lived at Bryon's house ever since he was nine and his parents had 

• been killed in an automobile accident
• shot and killed each other in a drunken argument
• been sent to prision

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

True or False
Bryon's mom was in the hospital after a costly operation that had left the family short of money

• True
• False

True or False
Bryon was concerned about the the fact that Mark had been stealing since he was 6 years old.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False
Being a thief was a game for Mark, he didn't see anything wrong with it. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False
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. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False
The hippie who took Bryon and Mark to the hospital talked about this house where everybody lived in peace and good will. 

• True
• False

True or False
Bryon's mother asked him to go talk to the kid across the hall because he didn't have any visitors.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1