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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 27, after they finish, what does Rose say she is never going to do?
(a) Grade papers at home.
(b) Become like her mother.
(c) Go to a fertility doctor.
(d) Have sex with Luke again.

2. In Chapter 36, Rose and Luke decorated their former apartment together with what in mind?
(a) A baby.
(b) Convenience.
(c) Electric bills.
(d) Romance.

3. What did Rose's father do when he found out she disobeyed him and jumped off the cliff in Chapter 40?
(a) Starts to cry.
(b) Bursts out laughing.
(c) Breaks into song.
(d) Takes her home and ground her.

4. Why does Rose's mother want her to meet someone in Chapter 28?
(a) So Rose is not alone after her mother passes.
(b) So she can have a baby with someone.
(c) So she has someone to help her financially.
(d) So she can forget about Luke.

5. How tall is the cliff from which Addie is about to jump off in Chapter 40?
(a) About 16 feet.
(b) About 20 feet.
(c) About 7 feet.
(d) About 40 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rose describe childbirth in Chapter 29?

2. In Chapter 27, what performative role did Rose use to play for Luke but no longer does?

3. How does Rose describe love in Chapter 27?

4. Where does Rose have a private conversation with Thomas at the hospital in Chapter 28?

5. What does Rose compare jumping off a cliff to in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rose die in Life 4?

2. Why does Rose get angry at Luke for listening to her speak aloud to her pregnant stomach?

3. What does Rose say parenthood turns people into after Addie does not answer her cell phone?

4. Why does Rose compare ending her marriage to a “slow-moving train” (298)?

5. How is Rose’s mother different from Rose? How does her mother respond after Rose says that they are two very different people?

6. In Chapter 40, what is the significance of Rose deciding to jump off the beach cliff with Addie?

7. When Addie finally returns Rose's messages at the end of Chapter 36, what does Rose tell her daughter?

8. What is Luke doing when Rose wants to finally ask him for a divorce in Chapter 31?

9. After Rose's mother dies, what is Rose's immediate reaction?

10. What other reason besides the fact that she loves Thomas does Rose give for her wanting to get out of her marriage with Luke?

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