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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. Where does Lily hide Atlas in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 17, how long has Josh been staying at Atlas's restaurant?

3. How is Allysa related to Ryle?

4. What branch of the military did Atlas serve in?

5. Where does Josh think his dad lives in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Lily lost her faith in men, and how does she think she might get it back?

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

3. How does Atlas catch Josh vandalizing his restaurant?

4. What happened the last night Lily and Atlas were together when they were teens?

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

6. In Chapter 9, why is Brad sweeping?

7. What is Emerson's middle name and why?

8. Why does Lily enjoy Sunday mornings?

9. 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?

10. In Chapter 11, what does Atlas tell Darin are his plans for the evening?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lily has trust issues. Why does Lily have trust issues, even sometimes with Atlas?

Essay Topic 3

Lily has an intervention with Ryle and Atlas has an intervention with Sutton. Why do they have to have interventions? Are their interventions successful?

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