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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the undertaker tell his one-time girlfriend that terrifies her on page 104?
2. What did the registrar notice about Millie Moody's handwriting?
3. What does the doctor who examines Joss after his death have to do to make sure Joss is biologically a woman?
4. What could the registrar tell about a person as soon as they walked into his office?
5. What is the name of the family butcher shop that Millie has gone to since she was a child in Scotland?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part II, why does Colman decide not to open his father's letter addressed to him to be opened after Joss died?
2. What kinds of dreams does Millie start to have after Joss's death?
3. What is unusual about Joss Moody's breasts?
4. Why was Millie so tense when her mother came to visit she and Joss in their own flat early in their marriage?
5. What does the registrar, Mohammad Nassar Sharif, take special pride in in doing his job?
6. Why is Millie asking a locksmith to change the locks on her doors in Part II?
7. Why is Millie Moody unsure if her son Colman will ever speak to her again?
8. How does Millie's mother feel about her wedding to Joss at first, and why does she feel that way?
9. What does the registrar, Mr. Sharif, particularly notice and like about Millie Moody?
10. How does Colman Moody find out that his father Joss Moody was a transgender person?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The journalist Sophie Stones reveals some of her own insecurities and vulnerabilities in the sections that Kay writes from her point of view. Write an essay analyzing the range of reactions a reader might experience towards Sophie Stones, her work, and her background as she tells it.
Essay Topic 2
How does Kay's choice to tell her story from many different characters' viewpoints affect the reader's experience of Trumpet? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What do the bandages that Joss Moody wears all the time to bind his breasts represent? What is the significance of his wife Millie's daily application of the bandages? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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