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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What instrument did Joss Moody play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Drums.
(c) French horn.
(d) Trumpet.
2. What is one of the affectionate gestures Colman remembers about Joss on page 45?
(a) Joss gave Colman money.
(b) Joss kissed Colman often.
(c) Joss held Colman's hand in the street.
(d) Joss played music for Colman.
3. What does Albert Holding finally tell Colman about his news about Joss Moody, Colman's father?
(a) Colman would have to see for himself.
(b) Albert does not think he can go through with burying Joss.
(c) Albert will have to call the authorities about Joss.
(d) Albert will have to call the press about Joss.
4. 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) A side to her mother she never knew existed.
(d) That her mother had a very angry nature.
5. What movie does Millie recall on page 1 that she can relate to her feelings after Joss's death?
(a) Ray.
(b) Hogan's Heroes.
(c) The Crying Game.
(d) Double Indemnity.
6. What was Joss's first big hit?
(a) The Love of My Life.
(b) The Big Bend.
(c) Homeward.
(d) Fantasy Africa.
7. What is one of the peculiarities of Joss's death that the registrar notices?
(a) He had died in the hospital.
(b) He had made a will asking that his cause of death be recorded as cancer.
(c) He had claimed no pension.
(d) He had died at home.
8. How does Colman feel about jazz music?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He never liked it.
(c) He was indifferent towards it.
(d) He absolutely hated it because he felt it took his father away from him.
9. In what year does Joss Moody die?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1990.
10. What style of music did Joss Moody play?
(a) Rock and roll.
(b) Rap.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Classical.
11. What was Joss Moody's birth name?
(a) Josephine Skye.
(b) Melinda Goddard.
(c) Jennifer Jones.
(d) Josephine Moore.
12. Who is the woman at the cafe in Torr who is always kind to Millie and whom Millie adores?
(a) Mrs. Delsasso.
(b) Mrs. Kay.
(c) Mrs. Marbury.
(d) Mrs. Stones.
13. What is the title of the first song Kay uses an excerpt of lyrics from in the novel?
(a) Ain't Misbehaving.
(b) Rose Tower.
(c) What a Wonderful World.
(d) They Can't Take That Away From Me.
14. What was the reason the man once would not let Millie take his picture with Joss, as she describes it on page 2?
(a) He was afraid of the camera flash.
(b) He thought the camera could steal his soul.
(c) He was very private and did not want his picture in the papers.
(d) He only let people sketch him, not take his photo.
15. How does Colman feel towards his birth parents, whom he has never met?
(a) He has already met his birth parents and he dislikes them.
(b) He does not care at all about them.
(c) He wants to meet just his birth mother.
(d) He wants to meet just his birth father.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Millie wear to her wedding with Joss?
2. Who is Joss's drummer and great friend?
3. What kind of a band plays at Joss's funeral?
4. What natural disaster event happened as Colman was born?
5. How does Joss label his letter that he leaves for Colman to read?
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