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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. Who is one of Colman's closest friends?

2. Who is Joss's drummer and great friend?

3. What instrument did Joss Moody play?

4. How does Millie feel when she receives the second letter from Sophie Stones?

5. What is the name of the family butcher shop that Millie has gone to since she was a child in Scotland?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Colman Moody feel about his birth parents?

2. What does Joss Moody tell his son Colman when Colman asks him about Joss's own father?

3. How does the doctor, doctor Krishnamurty, who records Joss's death, handle the revelation that Joss has a woman's body?

4. What does the registrar, Mohammad Nassar Sharif, take special pride in in doing his job?

5. How was the weather very unusual on the day of Joss Moody's funeral?

6. How does Colman Moody find out that his father Joss Moody was a transgender person?

7. Why does Millie Moody go to her house in Torr following her husband Joss's death?

8. How does Joss first reveal his secret to Millie?

9. Why is Millie Moody unsure if her son Colman will ever speak to her again?

10. How does Millie's mother feel about her wedding to Joss at first, and why does she feel that way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Kay's most powerful and emotionally resonant depictions of Millie's grief in the wake of Joss's death? How does Kay manage to separate the somewhat mundane grief of a shattered widow from the extraordinary stresses Millie is dealing with in the wake of Joss's death? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What do the circumstances under which Colman ends his relationship with Melanie say about some of the key difficulties and feelings he had with his father, Joss Moody? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support it.

Essay Topic 3

Colman Moody, Joss and Millie's son, carries resentments and hurt feelings towards both of his parents even before he discovers the shocking secret about his father's gender identity that they have kept from him. Write an essay exploring the origins and reasons for Joss's resentments towards his parents that predate his discovery of Joss's secret.

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