Explain The Relationship Between Roo And Tilly

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1. Q:What does Tilly mean when she says: “Sometimes the smallest connections are the biggest one of all”?
A: Tilly means that even if you are connected by something small like holding hands or even a finger you still have a great connection or relationship with that person. She said this shortly after Slater and her were holding on with just a finger.

2. Q:Explain the importance of Newton being with Tilly and Roo after the accident.
A:Newton is a very important character because he is the only one with a good relationship with both Roo and Tilly. After the accident occurred he spent lots of time with both of them and Roo and Tilly felt he was someone they could trust and count on. If Newton hadn’t been in the story, Tilly would have
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Q: Explain why the relationship between Tilly and Roo is similar to the relationship between Martha and Athea.
A: The relationship between Tilly and Roo is very similar to Martha and Athena's because they both get along very well, but at some point in their lives one sister betrayed the other. Tilly betrayed Roo by kissing her boyfriend and Athena betrayed her sister Martha by marrying Martha’s first boyfriend. Both Roo and Martha felt very hurt, but later on they forgive their sisters.

5. Q: How does Dr. Howarth have an effect on the relationship between Newton and Roo?
A: Dr. Howarth has a great effect on the relationship between the relationship between Newton and Roo because when Dr. Howarth and Roo were in the hospital they were flirting with each other and Newton was in the room and saw it all which made him jealous . This made Newton think Roo started liking Dr.Howarth better then him, and he was right. Roo had a crush on her doctor, although she never told anyone it was noticeable. So that’s when Newton slowly started leave Roo, but he still loved
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Q: Which one of these is not a message from the book?
Keep on believing that things will get better
Don’t Kiss your sisters boyfriend
Don’t text while driving
When you lose someone, you must keep going with your life. Don’t let it get in your way.

23. Q: Which one of these essential questions relates best with the story?
How can someone's loss affect someone so much?
Will Roo and Newton both go to Yale?
How can we prevent texting while driving?
Does Roo still love Newton?

24. Q: How does the author set up the book so we the readers can understand it better?
A: The author wrote the story from two points of view, Tilly’s and Roo’s. This great because we know what each sister is thinking and saying.

25. Q: Give evidence from the book to give an example from a time when Tilly felt humiliated.
A: In the story Tilly finds an article and it says “Police analysis revealed that textes had been sent between Ruth Ann and a family member just before she drove the car off the road. ” This is one of the many times that Tilly felt humiliated because the article clearly said a family member had been texting Roo, and everyone thought it was Tilly, which it was. Tilly didn’t want anyone to know the truth and she felt like the whole world hated

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