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

2. Who tells the newspapers that he is surprised Joss was able to travel on the road with other musicians without them knowing Joss was a transgender person?
(a) Sean Lafferty.
(b) Mark Redmond.
(c) James Morgan.
(d) Big Red McCall.

3. What does Joss think would have become of him much earlier in life if not for his trumpet?
(a) He would have been dead and gone.
(b) He would have become a prostitute.
(c) He would have lived his life only as a woman.
(d) He would have been destitute.

4. What conclusion does Colman reach about why his father Joss left Scotland for London?
(a) Joss's mother still lives in Scotland and he did not want to live near her.
(b) Joss moved to London to be closer to Millie.
(c) Joss loved London.
(d) Joss was ambitious and needed to be in London for his career.

5. What is the name of the community where Edith Moore, Colman's grandmother, lives?
(a) The Applewood.
(b) The Heath.
(c) The Branches.
(d) The Larches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper does Sophie Stones work for?

2. What sound startles Maggie on her third visit to the Moody house?

3. What does Colman give to the man asking for money in the tube?

4. What does Colman tell Sophie her eyes are the same color as?

5. What kind of list does Millie make on page 157?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colman's friend Sammy tell him about working with Sophie Stones and doing a book on Joss with her?

2. Why does Colman quit his job as a courier right after Joss's funeral?

3. Why does Colman get up and follow a man, another passenger, on the train to Glasgow?

4. How does Sophie Stones feel about her sister, Sarah?

5. What does Sophie admit that she spends too much of her money on?

6. Why does Colman break up with his girlfriend Melanie?

7. How does Big Red McCall, Joss Moody's drummer, feel about Joss?

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

9. How does Colman Moody feel about the prospect of meeting Joss Moody's mother for the first time?

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

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