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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colman say his father Joss Moody could not cope with at one stage of Colman's life on page 163?
(a) With Colman going to college.
(b) With Colman riding a bike for the first time.
(c) With Colman becoming a man.
(d) With Colman having his first girlfriend.

2. What is one thing Maggie notices right away about Joss Moody?
(a) He is unusually gentle for a man.
(b) His breasts.
(c) He has a lot of stubble on his face.
(d) He has a strange accent.

3. How was Sophie Stones' previous book received?
(a) It was a best seller.
(b) She lost money on it as it sold poorly.
(c) It had mediocre sales.
(d) It was pulled from the shelves because of inaccuracies.

4. What does Sophie tell Maggie to say into her tape recorder to test that it is working?
(a) To tell what she had for breakfast.
(b) To say her name again and again.
(c) To tell her her deepest secret.
(d) To tell her the worst thing she knows about the Moodys.

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

6. What does Colman decide for certain after he visits Edith Moore?
(a) He cannot go through with the book project with Sophie.
(b) He will get a new job as a trumpet player.
(c) He will force his mother to give him more of an allowance.
(d) He is definitely going through with the book project with Sophie.

7. 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 her most valuable possessions that she can sell.
(d) A list of the people who were nicest to she and Joss during their life together.

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

9. What does Sophie Stones tell Colman about his father's family that shocks Colman?
(a) Joss Moody has at least one brother living.
(b) Joss Moody's father is still alive.
(c) Joss Moody has at least one sister living.
(d) Joss Moody's mother is still alive.

10. What does Colman briefly panic about on his way to Glasgow?
(a) He thinks he may have forgotten his mother's birthday.
(b) He thinks he may have forgotten to lock his door.
(c) He thinks he may have forgotten his phone.
(d) He thinks he may have forgotten his train tickets.

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

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

13. What sound startles Maggie on her third visit to the Moody house?
(a) The dog.
(b) Joss's trumpet.
(c) The dishwasher.
(d) Colman yelling.

14. What does Maggie say the Moodys did to clean their clothes?
(a) They did not do laundry.
(b) They had a laundry service.
(c) They had two washing machines.
(d) They hand washed their clothes in the sink.

15. How does Colman ask Sophie to address his father, Joss Moody?
(a) As only "him."
(b) As "the liar."
(c) As "Josephine."
(d) As only "her."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Millie think about Joss's spirit in the wake of his death?

2. What did Josephine bring for Edith to eat the last time she visited Edith?

3. How much money has Colman been offered as an advance on the book he works on with Sophie?

4. What is Big Red McCall's given first name?

5. What is Big Red McCall shocked to find himself doing in the wake of Joss's death?

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