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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. What is for dinner in Chapter 32?

2. In Chapter 34, where does Atlas write the note he slides under Lily's apartment door?

3. What work does Josh have to do in Chapter 19?

4. How much younger is Lily than Atlas?

5. What day of the week is it in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Atlas need to call Josh in Chapter 21, and what is Josh doing when he calls?

2. What does Atlas tell Josh when Josh does not know if he should connect with his dad or not?

3. What does Lily's mother tell her about the time she met Atlas when Lily and Atlas were teens?

4. Where is Atlas going in Chapter 32 and why?

5. What homework assignment is Josh struggling with in Chapter 25 and why?

6. What are Atlas's thoughts when he realizes Theo and Josh know one another?

7. What tattoo is on Lily's shoulder, and why does it upset Atlas?

8. Why did every lawyer Lily spoke to suggest that she work out a custody agreement civilly with Ryle?

9. How does Josh decide he will draw his family tree?

10. What are Lily's thoughts when she is in the car and looks in the rearview mirror at the end of Chapter 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Lily and Atlas have experienced abuse. What cycles of abuse have Lily and Atlas experienced? Why is it so difficult to stop these cycles?

Essay Topic 2

Atlas needed Lily's support after the abuse and rejection he had at home. Lily needed a support system when she had to leave Ryle. What support systems did Atlas and Lily have? Why were support systems so important in Atlas’s and Lily’s lives?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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