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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 is one thing Rose thinks about during scheduled sex with Luke in Chapter 27?
(a) What she wants to make for dinner.
(b) How many minutes have passed.
(c) How her father is doing financially.
(d) How her mother is doing.

2. What academic department does Thomas work in when Rose's mother introduces them in Chapter 28?
(a) Cardiology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) History.
(d) Physics.

3. What does Rose say she is tired of doing with Luke in Chapter 35?
(a) Fighting with him.
(b) Being married to him.
(c) Renting an apartment with him.
(d) Eating with him.

4. When Luke is proposing, how does Rose's inner voice respond in Chapter 40?
(a) With excitment.
(b) With fear.
(c) With worry.
(d) With disinterest.

5. How does Rose describe love in Chapter 27?
(a) Fleeting.
(b) Everlasting.
(c) Fragile.
(d) Mysterious.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, after they finish, what does Rose say she is never going to do?

2. What does Rose's father make for Addie as a graduation gift in Chapter 37?

3. What holiday is upcoming when Rose and her mother discuss trying to have a baby in Chapter 23?

4. What is Rose doing when Luke calls in Chapter 42?

5. What does Rose catch a glimpse of before sex in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel end? What realization does Rose have?

2. What version of the fight over the prenatal vitamins does Rose reimagine in Lives 5 & 6 at the beginning of Part 4?

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

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

5. When Luke finally agrees to photograph Rose's dying mother in the hospital, what does Rose suddenly remember about Luke?

6. In Chapter 35, what does Rose want to do with her eggs?

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

8. In Life 8, Rose describes how her sex life with Luke “is going to end [her]” (251). What do you think Rose means by this statement?

9. How does Rose describe her love for Luke when they are on their honeymoon?

10. How does Rose describe her love for Addie in Life 5?

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