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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. How does scheduled sex with Luke make Rose feel in her own marriage in Chapter 27?
(a) She questions whether she would be better off alone.
(b) She questions the need for sex in a marriage.
(c) She questions if he has ever loved her.
(d) She questions if she is some kind of prostitute.

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 are you and Luke?
(c) How does the apartment look?
(d) How are classes going?

3. What does Rose catch a glimpse of before sex in Chapter 27?
(a) A picture of Cheryl on the floor.
(b) Luke's parenthood book.
(c) Herself in a photograph that Luke took.
(d) A fertility calendar.

4. What does Luke jokingly say Cheryl does not know how to do in Chapter 42?
(a) Fry an egg.
(b) Change a tire.
(c) Bake cookies from a box.
(d) Boil water.

5. in Chapter 27, how does Rose first realize that she is no longer pregnant?
(a) She sleeps soundly through the night.
(b) She no longer experiences pain in her breasts or nausea.
(c) She feels strangely happy, without any real explanation.
(d) She gets her period.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Luke keep the ring when he proposes to Rose in Chapter 41?

2. How does Rose describe childbirth in Chapter 29?

3. What is Rose's nickname for Addie in Chapter 24?

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

5. What color is the sweater Thomas's daughter, Addie, puts on in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What drove Rose to apply for the new grant she discusses at the end of the novel? What will she do with the grant money?

4. What reason does Rose’s colleague and friend, Brandy, give for scheduling weekly sex with her partner?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who does Rose call after Addie refuses to pick up her cell phone? How does the conversation go?

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