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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (171 - 231).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Millie see that first make her realize Joss is a transgender person?
(a) Joss's underwear.
(b) Joss's breasts.
(c) Joss's dresses in his closet.
(d) Joss's makeup.

2. What does the undertaker tell his one-time girlfriend that terrifies her on page 104?
(a) That sometimes people are buried alive.
(b) That he can speak with spirits.
(c) That ghosts are real.
(d) That some dead people change personalities at the moment of death.

3. What does the saying over Albert Holding's door say that death hath?
(a) A light touch.
(b) 10,000 several doors.
(c) A sense of humor.
(d) Its own door.

4. How does Joss act around the first girlfriend Colman brings home, at least at first?
(a) Joss leaves when the girlfriend arrives.
(b) Extremely formal and cordial.
(c) Edgy and nervous.
(d) Joss ignores the girlfriend.

5. What kind of lessons does Joss end up giving Colman's first girlfriend that he brings home?
(a) Piano.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Painting.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie most want Colman to get from Edith Moore when he visits her?

2. What does Colman say his father Joss Moody could not cope with at one stage of Colman's life on page 163?

3. What was Joss Moody's birth name?

4. Where does Sophie urge Colman to go with her to research the book on page 141?

5. What is the title of the first song Kay uses an excerpt of lyrics from in the novel?

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