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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What singer do Addie and Rose listen to as they cook in Chapter 7?
(a) Duke Wellington.
(b) Ella Fitzgerald.
(c) Dean Martin.
(d) Frank Sinatra.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what color sweater does Rose's mother wear when she and Rose spend the day relaxing at her mother's house?
(a) Pumpkin-colored.
(b) Sunflower yellow.
(c) Ruby red.
(d) Coral pink.

3. Who brings gifts and champagne as a surprise when Rose and Addie are cooking in the kitchen in Chapter 7?
(a) Rose's mother.
(b) Denise.
(c) Cheryl.
(d) Jill.

4. What new restaurant does Luke suggest he and Rose try in Chapter 14?
(a) A Portuguese restaurant with homemade pasteis de nata.
(b) A Mexican restaurant with fresh, tableside guacamole.
(c) An Italian restaurant with homemade ravioli.
(d) A Japanese restaurant with award-winning sushi.

5. In Chapter 15, what does Rose's mother suggest is wrong with Rose when she discovers Rose vomiting in their cottage bathroom toilet?
(a) Bad clams and lobster.
(b) Bad calamari.
(c) Undercooked beef.
(d) Raw eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Luke often go once they have Addie in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 20, what adjective does Rose use to describe bliss in her relationship with Thomas?

3. How does Rose describe the sound of not being a mother after Luke leaves their apartment in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Rose say would be unacceptable for Luke to do if they did ever have a child?

5. What is NOT in The Order of Things as told by Rose's mother in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rose described in Luke’s favorite photograph of her? Why is it his favorite?

2. How is Thomas’s apartment described and how does it make Rose feel?

3. In Life 3, what does Addie represent in Luke and Rose’s family and marriage?

4. In Chapter 4, what argument does Luke use to change Rose’s mind about having a baby?

5. How is Jill described when readers first meet her? Why does she come over to deliver gifts around Christmas time?

6. At the beginning of Part II, Rose reimagines, again, the fight she has with Luke over prenatal vitamins. What version of this fight does Rose imagine? What is different about it?

7. When and why does Rose decide to tell Thomas that she is pregnant with Luke’s baby?

8. How does Rose describe her relationship with Frankie and what is the significance of it?

9. How does Rose describe her relationships with Thomas and Luke? What metaphor does she use?

10. How does Jill react when Rose tells her she is pregnant?

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