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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 many countries has Atlas been to?

2. In Lily's journal, how long did she say she went home and cried after Katie said something nasty on the bus about Atlas?

3. Where does Lily have lunch in Chapter 9?

4. What color are Atlas's eyes?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Ryle want to feed Emmy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Theo?

2. How does Lily learn about Josh?

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

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

5. Why does Lily leave the flower shop for an hour in Chapter 2?

6. What happens when Josh returns to the hotel where Sutton is staying?

7. Why is Ryle restricted to daytime visits with Emmy?

8. In Chapter 9, why is Brad sweeping?

9. What is Sutton's reaction when Atlas says Josh can stay with him?

10. Why was Atlas homeless as a teen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Abuse can be physical, emotional, or both. How does Ryle abuse Lily? Is the abuse he heaps on her physical, emotional, or both?

Essay Topic 2

Hoover uses backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about events that happened before It Stars With Us begins. How does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past?

Essay Topic 3

Colleen Hoover is the author of It Starts with Us. Why did Hoover write the novel?

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