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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colman find particularly disgusting about his father's secret in a physical sense?
(a) That his father wore women's underwear.
(b) That his father wore skirts.
(c) That his father would have gotten periods.
(d) That his father had female hormones.

2. Why does Joss tell Millie he wants to ask Millie's mother to dance at their wedding?
(a) Because she is a great dancer.
(b) To break the ice with her.
(c) Because she looks lonely.
(d) Because she loves dancing.

3. What does Colman do after he sees Joss's body in the funeral parlor?
(a) Calls his mother Millie and says things to her he does not remember.
(b) Calls his girlfriend to cry.
(c) Releases photos of Joss on social media.
(d) Takes the first plane to Paris.

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

5. What does Millie think Joss would say to her if he was still alive concerning how to honor him after death?
(a) To make sure she takes good care of Colman.
(b) To make sure she receives the royalty payments coming to him.
(c) Not to mourn him but to celebrate him.
(d) To make sure his secret never got out.

6. What is the name of the locksmith who changes Millie's locks in Torr?
(a) Mr. Barton Todd.
(b) Mr. Michael McCarthy.
(c) Mr. Edward Stones.
(d) Mr. Malcolm McGee.

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

8. In what year did Millie and Joss first meet?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1962.

9. How does Colman feel that Joss felt about him?
(a) Colman feels that Joss never wanted him to become a musician.
(b) Colman feels that Joss was always disappointed in him.
(c) Colman feels that Joss always wanted him to become an artist of some kind.
(d) Colman feels that Joss was terribly proud of him.

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

11. What style of music did Joss Moody play?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Classical.
(c) Rock and roll.
(d) Rap.

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

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

14. What does the doctor use to correct the initial death certificate for Joss after examining him?
(a) A red biro.
(b) A black marker.
(c) An eraser.
(d) A paintbrush.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of Millie's butcher?

2. What unsettling thing happens in Millie's dream as she describes it on page 96?

3. What kinds of disputes does the registrar often intervene in and mitigate?

4. What did Mohammad most often observe about a pensioner there to register a parent's death?

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

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