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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 do Jill and Rose find during the search for evidence of Luke's alleged affair in Chapter 8?
(a) Romantic emails between Cheryl and Luke.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Another picture of Cheryl.
(d) A hidden, burner phone.

2. 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?
(a) A hand-knit hat.
(b) A red jacket.
(c) A delicate scarf.
(d) A wool sweater.

3. 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 calamari.
(b) Bad clams and lobster.
(c) Undercooked beef.
(d) Raw eggs.

4. In Chapter 15, after taking her first sip of drink on her date with Thomas, what does Rose label her actions as?
(a) Ectasy.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Resistence.

5. What is Thomas doing before Rose meets him at the restaurant bar for the first time in Chapter 15?
(a) He is doodling on his napkin.
(b) He is reading a magazine.
(c) He is on the phone with someone, laughing.
(d) He is working on his laptop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luke think Rose is doing when she is on vacation with Thomas in Chapter 20?

2. What is the name of Thomas's cat in Chapter 17?

3. What singer do Addie and Rose listen to as they cook in Chapter 7?

4. What news does Jill relay to Rose in Chapter 7?

5. What embarrassing detail does Rose confess that she forgets when getting her photographs taken by Luke?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How can Rose’s relationship with 4-year-old Addie be described? What is the significance of her making gnocchi with her daughter?

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

6. What happens after Rose discovers she has made tenure at her university? How does Luke react?

7. How is Barcelona described? What is the tone of this passage?

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

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

10. What is the narrative point of view of The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano?

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