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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. Who is the woman at the cafe in Torr who is always kind to Millie and whom Millie adores?

2. What is the name of the locksmith who changes Millie's locks in Torr?

3. What unsettling thing happens in Millie's dream as she describes it on page 96?

4. How does Colman feel towards his birth parents, whom he has never met?

5. What kind of a band plays at Joss's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the weather very unusual on the day of Joss Moody's funeral?

2. In Part II, why does Colman decide not to open his father's letter addressed to him to be opened after Joss died?

3. How does Colman Moody find out that his father Joss Moody was a transgender person?

4. How do Millie and Joss first meet?

5. Why is Millie asking a locksmith to change the locks on her doors in Part II?

6. What does the registrar, Mr. Sharif, particularly notice and like about Millie Moody?

7. What kinds of dreams does Millie start to have after Joss's death?

8. What does Colman remember Joss Moody having a lifelong phobia of?

9. Why is Millie Moody unsure if her son Colman will ever speak to her again?

10. What is unusual about Joss Moody's breasts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the prejudices, biases, and racist attitudes that Joss and Millie encountered when they began dating and eventually got married.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Maggie, the Moodys' house cleaner, decide to give an interview to the journalist Sophie Stones, and what important information does Maggie give to Sophie about Joss Moody? How does Maggie feel about having done the interview afterwards? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What is Colman Moody able to learn about his father - and himself - from Joss Moody's letter that Joss left for Colman to be opened after Joss's death? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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