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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. In Chapter 5, what is Rose doing when Luke calls her to tell her he is seeing someone else?
(a) She is flirting with a new co-worker.
(b) She is making lunch at home.
(c) She is grading student essays.
(d) She is on the phone with her mother.

2. In which neighborhood does Frankie live in Chapter 16?
(a) Raval.
(b) Born.
(c) Triana.
(d) Gros.

3. In Chapter 4, what food does Luke order when he brings up wanting to be a parent to Rose at dinner?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Sushi.
(c) PIzza.
(d) Ramen noodles.

4. What does Luke think Rose is doing when she is on vacation with Thomas in Chapter 20?
(a) With family visiting a distant, sick relative.
(b) At an on-campus retreat with her department.
(c) On a getaway with friends from college.
(d) At a conference about to give a presentation.

5. What does Frankie order when she and Rose go out to eat in Barcelona in Chapter 16?
(a) Feta cheese, olives, and white wine.
(b) Manchego, blistered peppers, and red wine.
(c) Sardines, manchego, and red wine.
(d) Pickled onions, herring, and whisky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose's stool look like from childhood in Chapter 14?

2. At the very beginning of the novel, what does Rose call Addie when she is holding her after she is born?

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

4. In Chapter 17, who does Rose tell in her early stages of her relationship with Thomas?

5. In Chapter 3, what item of clothing does Luke press between his fingers after he and Rose start arguing about how Luke's parents keep trying to persuade Luke and Rose to have a baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Life 2, how and when does Rose ask Luke if he is seeing someone?

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

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

4. How is Luke described during Rose’s photoshoot in Part 1?

5. 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?

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

7. In Chapter 5, after Luke has walked out on Rose, why does he call Rose? What news does he relay?

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

9. What does Rose promise Luke at the beginning of Part 1? Does she keep this promise?

10. How does Rose’s mother react after Rose confesses that her that she and Luke are having problems in their marriage?

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