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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 times did Lily's mother see Atlas when Lily was younger?

2. How long does Lily think she and Atlas should wait until he asks her to move in with him?

3. At the end of Chapter 32, what day of the week does Ryle want to see Emerson?

4. How long after the altercation with Ryle does Atlas go to Lily's apartment?

5. In Chapter 34, how long have Atlas and Lily been dating?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Lily learned about broken people in her relationship with Ryle?

3. What decisions does Atlas remember making in Chapter 29 because he hoped Lily would come back into his life?

4. What happens when Ryle goes to Atlas's restaurant in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 21, why does Atlas give Lily a piggyback ride?

6. How is Emerson's first birthday celebrated?

7. In Chapter 25, how do Josh and Emerson get along?

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

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

10. What are Lily's thoughts when she meets Atlas at his house in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually provide information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow the author to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Lily and Ryle signed divorce papers the same day they signed their daughter’s birth certificate. Why did the couple divorce?

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