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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 Rose's nickname for Addie in Chapter 24?
(a) Cutie pie.
(b) Honey bee.
(c) Little bug.
(d) Snuffly-poo.
2. What do Rose and Thomas's daughter, Addie, do together in Chapter 37, Lives 1, 2, 7, & 8?
(a) They go out to dinner.
(b) They go shopping.
(c) They go visit Rose's office on campus.
(d) They go to see a movie.
3. Where does Rose's mother sleep when visiting her in Chapter 28?
(a) At a hotel nearby.
(b) On the couch.
(c) In Rose's bed.
(d) On the floor.
4. What present from Grandma does Addie wear when she asks to visit her grandmother in the hospital in Chapter 32?
(a) A yellow headband.
(b) A pink sweater.
(c) A blue scrunchie.
(d) Light-up sneakers.
5. What causes a major shift in Rose and Luke's relationship in Chapter 27, Life 8?
(a) A miscarriage.
(b) Rose's affair with Thomas.
(c) The death of Rose's mother.
(d) Jill's disagreement about Rose's pregnancy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is one thing Rose thinks about during scheduled sex with Luke in Chapter 27?
2. Who was Rose's college boyfriend that she became heartbroken over in Chapter 28?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 28, what does Rose ask her mother?
4. When Rose is about to die after giving birth to her daughter, what does she suddenly remember in Chapter 21?
5. What is the first thing Rose's mother does when she comes to Rose's apartment in Chapter 28?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Rose compare ending her marriage to a “slow-moving train” (298)?
2. In Chapter 40, what is the significance of Rose deciding to jump off the beach cliff with Addie?
3. In Chapter 35, what does Rose want to do with her eggs?
4. How does the novel end? What realization does Rose have?
5. 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?
6. How and who is Rose introduced to at the hospital where her mother receives chemo treatments?
7. What other reason besides the fact that she loves Thomas does Rose give for her wanting to get out of her marriage with Luke?
8. In Chapter 36, Addie will not answer the phone after Rose tries to call her. What does Rose confess she wants to tell her own mother?
9. How does Rose die in Life 4?
10. Why does Rose get angry at Luke for listening to her speak aloud to her pregnant stomach?
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