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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 give Maggie one day when she comes to work very upset?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) An album of his.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) A pot of tea.

2. What does Sophie most want Colman to get from Edith Moore when he visits her?
(a) A tape recording of his interview with Edith.
(b) A photo of Josephine as a young girl.
(c) A promise that she will talk to Sophie too.
(d) Money.

3. What did Edith Moore think was strange about the way Josephine was dressed on her last visit?
(a) She wore a very tight dress.
(b) She wore a man's suit and tie.
(c) She wore a long black veil.
(d) She wore shorts in the winter.

4. What does Maggie still have that belongs to the Moodys?
(a) Their ceramic collection.
(b) Their baby photographs.
(c) The keys to their house.
(d) Their important papers.

5. How does Colman travel to Glasgow to meet Sophie?
(a) By car.
(b) By ferry.
(c) By plane.
(d) By train.

6. What was the name of Joss's last album?
(a) The Best of Joss Moody.
(b) Wee Blue Bird.
(c) Torr.
(d) Rubric.

7. Where was Colman born?
(a) Scotland.
(b) London.
(c) Wales.
(d) Ireland.

8. What kind of list does Millie make on page 157?
(a) A list of people whose houses she can hide from the press in.
(b) A list of people who might potentially betray her.
(c) A list of the people who were nicest to she and Joss during their life together.
(d) A list of her most valuable possessions that she can sell.

9. What did Joss buy Colman as a present when he was a teenager that Colman feels has a different meaning now?
(a) A shaving brush, mirror, and razor.
(b) His first trumpet.
(c) His first suit.
(d) His first pair of dress shoes.

10. What time does Edith Moore wake at every morning?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

11. Where do Millie and Joss sometimes drive and walk on the weekends together?
(a) London.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) The Heath.
(d) Wales.

12. How does Joss act around the first girlfriend Colman brings home, at least at first?
(a) Joss ignores the girlfriend.
(b) Extremely formal and cordial.
(c) Edgy and nervous.
(d) Joss leaves when the girlfriend arrives.

13. What newspaper does Sophie Stones work for?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The Daily Sky.
(c) The London Times.
(d) The Daily Caller.

14. What did Joss make for breakfast frequently that Millie can not quite make as well?
(a) Scrambled eggs.
(b) French toast.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Waffles.

15. What does Colman tell Sophie her eyes are the same color as?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) His Jack Daniels.
(c) The sea.
(d) Cornflower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie admit to herself that she spends too much money on?

2. What does Colman say his father Joss Moody could not cope with at one stage of Colman's life on page 163?

3. What is the name of the community where Edith Moore, Colman's grandmother, lives?

4. What does Maggie do to her house before Sophie Stones comes?

5. What does Colman remember his mother saying he went around with on page 165?

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