Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-4

Reading Check

1. What new acquaintance does Lily meet on the rooftop?

2. How might one describe the relationship between Lily’s mother and father?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does the author use Lily’s encounter with Atlas to set the tone for Lily’s character? What can readers infer indirectly about Lily’s character from this scene?

2. What are Lily’s initial impressions of Ryle, and how do these impressions evolve over the course of the first few chapters?

CHAPTERS 5-8

Reading Check

1. What is Lily’s purpose for bringing her male colleague to Ryle’s party?

2. What does Allysa warn Lily about?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Both before and after Ryle’s party, how is Lily feeling in regard to Ryle and Atlas?

2. How do the letters to Ellen DeGeneres add to the structure of the narrative?

Paired Resource

“Foreshadowing”

• This Masterclass article describes the literary device foreshadowing along with examples and specific types.
• In what instances does Hoover utilize the technique of foreshadowing with her various characters? Choose two examples from the text you believe might be foreshadowing; develop a prediction for each based on the tone, placement, and language of the examples.