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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Millie think about having lived with a genius?
(a) It was not easy.
(b) It made her jealous.
(c) It gave her amazing opportunities.
(d) It made her selfish.

3. How does Sophie start referring to their project that begins to grate on Colman on page 210?
(a) Our book.
(b) The deal.
(c) Your father's legacy.
(d) My book.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Sophie pay Maggie for speaking with her?

2. What conclusion does Colman reach about why his father Joss left Scotland for London?

3. Where was Colman born?

4. What did Joss make for breakfast frequently that Millie can not quite make as well?

5. What job was Colman working at the time of his father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maggie tell Sophie Stones that Sophie is delighted with?

2. Why is Melanie called Melanie, instead of her given name, Ruth?

3. How does Colman help Millie immediately after Joss's death?

4. What is Colman Moody's own flat in London like?

5. What does Colman think is the first thing he would ask his father Joss Moody if he had the opportunity to ask him one thing again?

6. What does Sophie Stones ask Colman to give to her and let her read that she feels is very important?

7. How does Big Red McCall react when Sophie Stones calls him to ask him about Joss Moody?

8. What is the first thing Millie Moody asked the cleaner Maggie when she began working for the Moodys?

9. What was Millie's favorite day with Joss, and why did she cherish it so much?

10. What does Sophie Stones Tell Colman about Joss that shocks him on page 143?

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