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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What movie does Millie recall on page 1 that she can relate to her feelings after Joss's death?
(a) Double Indemnity.
(b) The Crying Game.
(c) Ray.
(d) Hogan's Heroes.

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

4. What did Millie's mother suffer from when Millie was a teenager?
(a) Bulemia.
(b) Narcolepsy.
(c) Aphasia.
(d) Alopecia.

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

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

7. What kind of a band plays at Joss's funeral?
(a) An American country music band.
(b) A Celtic band.
(c) A rap group.
(d) A hip-hop group.

8. What does the doctor who examines Joss after his death have to do to make sure Joss is biologically a woman?
(a) Draw blood.
(b) Ask Millie.
(c) Do an autopsy.
(d) Examine Joss's sexual organs.

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

10. What phrase does Joss use that Colman particularly likes?
(a) All right!
(b) Love is a wondrous thing.
(c) Cool cat.
(d) Coorie in.

11. How many brothers of Millie's attend her wedding to Joss?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

12. What is the title of the first song Kay uses an excerpt of lyrics from in the novel?
(a) They Can't Take That Away From Me.
(b) Rose Tower.
(c) What a Wonderful World.
(d) Ain't Misbehaving.

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

14. What is the name of the registrar?
(a) Omar Sharif.
(b) Mohammad Morsi.
(c) James Sharif.
(d) Mohammad Nassar Sharif.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joss label his letter that he leaves for Colman to read?

2. What does the registrar take particular pride in himself for?

3. What is the name of the funeral director who manages Joss's funeral?

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

5. What does Albert Holding put in his pocket that belongs to Joss Moody?

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