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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 Joss remember his father liking to do on page 183?
(a) Going to the barber to get his hair cut.
(b) Swimming in the sea.
(c) Shopping for clothes.
(d) Dancing.

2. Where does Sophie urge Colman to go with her to research the book on page 141?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) London.
(d) Glasgow.

3. Who does Colman call the morning he leaves for Glasgow from London?
(a) His friend Sammy.
(b) Sophie, to tell her he might not make it.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) Millie, his mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Colman acted towards his friends since Joss died as described on page 137?

2. What time does Sophie Stones wake up at every morning?

3. What does Maggie tell Sophie about her reaction when she first heard Joss was transgender?

4. What instrument did Joss try to encourage Colman to play?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joss Moody feel when he plays the trumpet?

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

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

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

5. What does Maggie notice about Joss Moody almost immediately after meeting him?

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

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

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

9. How does Maggie feel about the Moodys as a family, and how they treated her as their cleaner?

10. How does Colman Moody feel during his train journey from London to Glasgow to meet Sophie Stones?

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