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

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

3. What is Colman's preferred alcoholic drink?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Gin.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Whisky.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Millie asks Maggie when Maggie comes to work for the Moodys?

2. What does Millie say "talks" on page 158?

3. What does Joss Moody give Maggie one day when she comes to work very upset?

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

5. What does Big Red McCall forget about Joss's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Colman think about the relationship he had with Joss just before Joss died?

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

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

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