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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) How her mother is doing.
(b) How her father is doing financially.
(c) What she wants to make for dinner.
(d) How many minutes have passed.

2. What is the first question Denise, Rose's friend, ask her once they are out getting lunch in Chapter 28?
(a) How is your mother?
(b) How does the apartment look?
(c) How are you and Luke?
(d) How are classes going?

3. What does Rose call her and Luke trying to make a baby in Chapter 22, Lives 6 & 8.
(a) Pointless.
(b) A disaster.
(c) A never-ending dream.
(d) An experiment.

4. Who was Rose's college boyfriend that she became heartbroken over in Chapter 28?
(a) Arturo.
(b) Jamel.
(c) Liam.
(d) Rodrigo.

5. What does Rose do after leaving a voicemail on Addie's phone in Chapter 36?
(a) Screams and jumps into the shower.
(b) Screams and runs into the bathroom to vomit.
(c) Screams and slams her phone against a table.
(d) Screams and leaves to go for a run.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Luke and Rose do after they return from their trip in Chapter 25?

2. In Chapter 24, what does Rose say she wishes Thomas was doing?

3. What does Rose's mother not ask her about in Chapter 28?

4. What illness does Rose's mother have in Chapter 28?

5. In Chapter 26, what does Rose admit to her mother when she sets up a doctor's appointment for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luke respond to Rose’s suggestion of adoption? What happens the next day?

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 41, Luke proposes to Rose. How does the author use foreshadowing to hint that Luke does not listen thoughtfully to Rose’s desires?

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

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

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

10. How would you describe the moment Rose realizes Luke is “evaluating” her behavior as a mother? Where are Luke and Rose?

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