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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Atlas to drive Josh to the Risemore Inn?

2. What time is it in Chapter 15 when Josh finishes eating?

3. Where does Atlas offer to take Lily when she wakes in Chapter 11?

4. What is Atlas making for Josh for breakfast in Chapter 16?

5. What is Emerson's middle name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Atlas try to show Theo how to work with flounder?

2. Why does Lily enjoy Sunday mornings?

3. What does Atlas tell Lily about the vandalism at his restaurants and why he has not called the police?

4. In Chapter 11, why does Atlas cancel the reservation he has at a restaurant?

5. What does Atlas reveal to Lily about the story he told when they were teens that he was going to live with an uncle in Boston?

6. In Chapter 6, what happens when Atlas stops by the flower shop?

7. How is Corrigan's vandalized in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Sutton come to see Atlas at Bib's?

9. How does Lily learn about Josh?

10. What does Atlas say when Lily tells him she is afraid his presence will complicate her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of It Starts with Us? How does the way that two first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters and situations?

Essay Topic 2

Ryle and Atlas both get angry. How do Ryle and Atlas display anger differently? Why is Lily afraid when Ryle gets angry, but not afraid when Atlas gets angry?

Essay Topic 3

Ryle punches Atlas at the restaurant in Chapter 27. How does Atlas handle the situation? Why is Lily pleased with how he handles the situation?

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