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

2. What news does Addie share with her parents one night at dinner in Chapter 40?

3. Who is Jill's romantic partner in Chapter 27?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 31, what does Addie stand on that worries Rose?

5. What is the first thing Rose's mother does when she comes to Rose's apartment in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In the final pill bottle fight, what version does Rose reimagine?

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

4. After Luke and Rose have “The Sex,” what does Luke suggest they do if their attempts to make a baby fail? How does Rose respond?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choice, or the lack thereof, is a common theme in the novel. Analyze the outcomes of Rose's own choices and her reasoning for them. How do her choices illustrate her identity? How do they dissolve her sense of identity?

Essay Topic 2

Rose has many reliable, female friendships and relationships in the novel. Select one relationship Rose has with another woman and explain its significant in relation to one of the novel's themes of motherhood, love, loss, betrayal, choice, or sexuality.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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