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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the registrar notice about Millie Moody's handwriting?
(a) It was loopy cursive.
(b) Millie Moody did not know how to write.
(c) It was beautiful.
(d) It was shaky.

2. What is the first name of Millie's butcher?
(a) Allan.
(b) Bruce.
(c) James.
(d) Michael.

3. What were Joss and Millie both doing the first time they met?
(a) Playing music.
(b) Donating blood.
(c) Reading to children.
(d) Volunteering at a church.

4. What is the name of the funeral director who manages Joss's funeral?
(a) Michael Moore.
(b) Albert Holding.
(c) James Keynes.
(d) John Hardy.

5. What is one of the affectionate gestures Colman remembers about Joss on page 45?
(a) Joss kissed Colman often.
(b) Joss gave Colman money.
(c) Joss held Colman's hand in the street.
(d) Joss played music for Colman.

6. What does Millie first think when Joss tells her he has a secret and starts taking off his shirt?
(a) That he may have a prosthetic arm.
(b) That he has broken bones.
(c) That he has been in an accident and has scars.
(d) That he has to put on makeup to cover up the blotches on his skin from a skin disorder.

7. What does Millie wear to her wedding with Joss?
(a) An electric blue suit.
(b) A white gown.
(c) A slinky green dress.
(d) A brown tweed pantsuit.

8. What had the registrar never seen in his life before he saw Joss Moody's death certificate?
(a) A death certificate that had been changed from male to female.
(b) A death certificate written in purple ink.
(c) A death certificate in which the cause of death was altered.
(d) A death certificate in which the time of death was altered.

9. What could the registrar tell about a person as soon as they walked into his office?
(a) What their handwriting would look like.
(b) How much money they had.
(c) What they were there for - a birth, death, or wedding.
(d) How long they would stay.

10. 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.

11. What is the name of the doctor who creates Joss's death certificate?
(a) Dr. Duty.
(b) Dr. MacFarland.
(c) Dr. Krishnamurty.
(d) Dr. Dane.

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

13. How would Colman know that Joss was angry with him?
(a) He would shout.
(b) He would go cold and quiet.
(c) He would hit Colman.
(d) He would leave and not come back for days.

14. What happens when Joss and Millie go to the beach?
(a) Joss gets a terrible sunburn.
(b) Joss would never swim or take his clothes off.
(c) Joss and Millie see a school of dolphins.
(d) Joss is afraid of the water and has to leave.

15. What does the registrar make sure everyone who comes into his office has?
(a) A tissue.
(b) Time to take their moment in the way they need to take it.
(c) A candy.
(d) A drink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Millie ask the registrar to do concerning the record of Joss Moody's death?

3. In what year did Millie and Joss first meet?

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

5. What kind of tree did Millie and Joss plant for Colman's first birthday?

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