CHARACTERS
What is the name of the narrator?
Bryon
Where do Mark and Bryon live?
With Bryon's mom
How did M&M get his nickname?
He loves M&M candies, and also has a package with him
What is a synonym for the word, "groovy?"
Cool, neat, fantastic, fabulous
Who said it?
"My sister's home...my older sister, Cathy. You know."
M&M
What is the name of Bryon's "brother?"
Mark
What is the name of the place where Mark and Bryon like to hang out and play pool?
Charlie's Bar
Summarize the story that the boy in the hospital tells Bryon, how was he injured?
The boy (Mike) was driving a black girl home after saving her from a white gang. When they got to her neighborhood, the girl (Connie) told her friends to "kill him" (Mike).
How do they start a car without any keys? What is the word they use?
They "hotwire" it
Who said it?
"Bryon, just go talk to him. He won't talk much to the nurses. He's been hurt pretty badly, poor thing."
Bryon's mom
Bryon's mother
Where does Bryon meet Cathy and ask her out?
At the hospital cafeteria, where she's working as a waitress
After getting beat up at the dance, what is Mark's main injury?
A head wound. He needed stitches and has a concussion.
Who are they referring to when they use the word, "fuzz?"
Example: "I get fed up with getting walked over by THE FUZZ?"
Police, cops
Who said it?
"I loved to eat. I could put away more food than anyone I knew."
Bryon
What is the name of the character from The Outsiders, who is also in this book (nickname + first name)?
"Ponyboy" Curtis
Where does Mark get beat up?
In the parking lot where the dance is being held
Why doesn't Bryon like Ponyboy Curtis?
His ex, Angela, left him for Ponyboy
Define the word "hub."
Example: "But Mark was always the HUB of this circle of people."
Center, focus, around which everything revolves
Who said it?
"I'd forgotten how beautiful he is...I know girls who would give their eye teeth for hair that color."
Cathy
What is the name of the boy Mark and Bryon meet in the hospital?
Mike
Where do Mark and Bryon find M&M, at the very beginning of the book? (It's the first time we're introduced to M&M).
At the "drugstore"
Who is Charlie?
He owns a bar, and he lent Bryon his car to take Cathy to the dance
What does it mean to be "indifferent?"
Example: "The kid just looked away, like he was INDIFFERENT. But he was shook, I could tell."
Not caring, without interest or concern
Who said it?
"Bryon! Come quick! Mark's hurt!"
Ponyboy Curtis