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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what college student visits Rose's office hours to ask her opinion about a reading?

2. Who does Rose want to message after searching the apartment for incriminating evidence in Chapter 8?

3. Where does Rose finally tell Thomas that she is pregnant with Luke's baby in Chapter 17?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what object does Rose tell Addie to retrieve when they are cooking in the kitchen together?

5. What detail does Rose notice about Luke when they are fighting over the pill bottle in Chapter 6, Life 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rose’s mother tell 16-year-old Rose after she is late for curfew?

2. How is the photograph of Cheryl described when Rose discovers it on Luke’s phone?

3. What is the significance of Devonne’s character in the novel? To whom does he introduce Rose in Life 1?

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

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

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

7. How does Rose describe her relationship with Frankie and what is the significance of it?

8. What happens in the second retelling of the prenatal vitamin pill fight between Luke and Rose? How is it different from the first account?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the novel progresses, Rose and her mother's relationship becomes more open and honest. What causes this honesty between mother-daughter? Does Rose's mother stay the same or change?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Rose's relationship with Thomas's daughter, Addie. How would you describe how she feels toward Addie? What is the significance of their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Select 2-3 symbols from the novel and write an essay analyzing how they relate to one of the novel's major themes.

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