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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 reasons are on the list Lily keeps to remind herself why she divorced Ryle?
2. In Chapter 9, where does Atlas remember getting in a fight with Ryle?
3. What branch of the military did Atlas serve in?
4. How old does Theo have to be to get a cell phone?
5. In Chapter 6, why does Ryle come to the flower shop?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Atlas tell Lily about his one serious relationship?
3. How did Atlas come to own his first restaurant?
4. How does Lily learn about Josh?
5. How does Atlas try to show Theo how to work with flounder?
6. How has Lily lost her faith in men, and how does she think she might get it back?
7. What happened the last night Lily and Atlas were together when they were teens?
8. Why does Atlas decide not to call the police about the damage Bib's?
9. Why is Ryle restricted to daytime visits with Emmy?
10. Why does Sutton come to see Atlas at Bib's?
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
Sutton kicked Atlas out of the house when he was a teen. When she gets Josh back, she immediately slaps him. How would you describe how Hoover portrays Sutton and the type of parent she is?
Essay Topic 3
Colleen Hoover is the author of It Starts with Us. Why did Hoover write the novel?
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