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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 Millie say "talks" on page 158?
(a) Family members.
(b) Friends.
(c) Traitors.
(d) Money.

2. What does Maggie tell Sophie she thought was strange when she cleaned for the Moodys?
(a) She saw a lot of cash lying around the house.
(b) She saw a letter on Joss's desk signed "Josephine."
(c) They were always changing the locks.
(d) Strange people often knocked on the door.

3. How does Sophie Stones refer to Joss Moody in her own mind?
(a) As a "real" man.
(b) As a medical mystery.
(c) As a transvestite.
(d) As a poor soul.

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

5. What does Colman give to the man asking for money in the tube?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) A single coin.
(d) 5 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks and dismays Millie the most about the letters she receives from Sophie Stones?

2. When does Colman's relationship with Joss start to improve?

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

4. Why does Colman break things off with the first girlfriend he brings home?

5. What does Sophie most want Colman to get from Edith Moore when he visits her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Millie Moody feel when she begins getting multiple letters from Sophie Stones?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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