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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 56 - 117).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of Colman's closest friends?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Edward.
(c) Ben.
(d) Daniel.

2. What is the source of the biggest fight Joss and Millie ever had in their marriage?
(a) When Millie asks Joss to give up the trumpet.
(b) When Millie asks Joss to take her on the road with him when he performs.
(c) When Millie is upset they can not have children of their own.
(d) When Millie asks Joss to start living openly as a woman.

3. What kinds of disputes does the registrar often intervene in and mitigate?
(a) Disputes over whether a woman should change her name to her husband's after a marriage.
(b) Disputes over whether a father of a baby is really the true biological father.
(c) Disputes involving wills and money.
(d) Disputes when new parents disagree on a baby's name.

4. How does Colman feel about jazz music?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He was indifferent towards it.
(c) He never liked it.
(d) He absolutely hated it because he felt it took his father away from him.

5. What did Joss show Millie about her own mother?
(a) That her mother loved fashion and makeup, which she never knew.
(b) That her mother had a wonderful sense of humor.
(c) That her mother had a very angry nature.
(d) A side to her mother she never knew existed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What musician does Kay quote before the first chapter of the novel?

2. What could the registrar tell about a person as soon as they walked into his office?

3. How does Colman feel towards his birth parents, whom he has never met?

4. What does the registrar think about the use of red biro?

5. What does Joss tell Colman when he asks where Joss's father was from?

(see the answer key)

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