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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of lessons does Joss end up giving Colman's first girlfriend that he brings home?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Piano.
(d) Painting.

3. When does Colman's relationship with Joss start to improve?
(a) When he leaves home.
(b) When he gets his first girlfriend.
(c) When he gets his first job.
(d) When he starts playing the trumpet too.

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

5. What does Big Red McCall forget about Joss's death?
(a) What Joss's funeral was like.
(b) When Joss died.
(c) Whether or not he wrote Millie a condolence card.
(d) What Joss died from.

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

7. What does Colman remember his mother saying he went around with on page 165?
(a) An entitled attitude.
(b) A huge chip on his shoulder.
(c) An unreasonable view of the world.
(d) The weight of the world on his shoulders.

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

9. What instrument did Joss try to encourage Colman to play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Drums.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Piano.

10. What does Millie think about Joss's spirit in the wake of his death?
(a) She thinks his spirit is hanging around in limbo because of all the trouble that started after his death.
(b) She thinks his spirit is fully at peace.
(c) She thinks he needs her to ensure he will be the most beloved trumpet player of all time before he can be at peace.
(d) She thinks he may have gone to purgatory.

11. 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 riding a bike for the first time.
(b) With Colman becoming a man.
(c) With Colman having his first girlfriend.
(d) With Colman going to college.

12. What was the given first name of the girlfriend who is the first girl Colman brings home?
(a) Joss.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Josephine.

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

14. What does Sophie want from Colman that she says will help her write the book on page 140?
(a) Joss's trumpet.
(b) The letter Joss left for him that he has not read yet.
(c) Joss's photos from when he was a young girl.
(d) Joss's bandages he used to bind his breasts.

15. What decade does Colman remember Joss being obsessed with?
(a) The eighties.
(b) The fifties.
(c) The seventies.
(d) The sixties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sophie Stones seem to feel about her sister?

2. What does Colman do for Millie right after Joss's death that surprises Millie?

3. What was one thing Millie was fussy about that Maggie remembers?

4. How does Joss act around the first girlfriend Colman brings home, at least at first?

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

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