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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the family butcher shop that Millie has gone to since she was a child in Scotland?
(a) Stones and Sons.
(b) F. Futcher and Son.
(c) Maloney's.
(d) Bertrand's and Sons.

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

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

4. What does Joss tell Millie that will solve her anguish over the one thing he can not give her early in their marriage?
(a) They can find ways to make more money.
(b) They can let Millie's mother live with them.
(c) They can move back to London.
(d) They can adopt a child.

5. What natural disaster event happened as Colman was born?
(a) A wildfire.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A tsunami.

6. What does Millie compare Joss's trumpet to on page 34?
(a) A magic wand.
(b) A magician's hat.
(c) A golden chalice.
(d) A soul.

7. What kind of eyes did the registrar have?
(a) Angry eyes.
(b) Mischievous eyes.
(c) Sad eyes.
(d) Kind eyes.

8. Who is Joss's drummer and great friend?
(a) Billy Rines.
(b) Malcolm Gladwell.
(c) Maniac McGee.
(d) Big Red McCall.

9. Who was the only friend who got to come to Torr with Colman and Millie and Joss?
(a) Edward.
(b) Ben.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Daniel.

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

11. What is Millie's maiden name?
(a) Dursley.
(b) Moore.
(c) Dunmore.
(d) MacFarlane.

12. 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 will have to call the press about Joss.
(c) Albert will have to call the authorities about Joss.
(d) Albert does not think he can go through with burying Joss.

13. In which town did Joss Moody grow up?
(a) Greenock.
(b) London.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Skellings.

14. 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.

15. What does Joss Moody have a lifelong phobia towards?
(a) Makeup.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Hospitals and doctors.
(d) Needles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Joss use that Colman particularly likes?

2. What was Joss Moody's big, lifelong secret?

3. What does the undertaker tell his one-time girlfriend that terrifies her on page 104?

4. What age does the registrar guess for Millie Moody?

5. What does the doctor who examines Joss after his death have to do to make sure Joss is biologically a woman?

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