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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 is one of the peculiarities of Joss's death that the registrar notices?
2. What does the registrar make sure everyone who comes into his office has?
3. How does Joss label his letter that he leaves for Colman to read?
4. What could the registrar tell about a person as soon as they walked into his office?
5. What is the name of the locksmith who changes Millie's locks in Torr?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the registrar, Mr. Sharif, particularly notice and like about Millie Moody?
2. Why does Millie Moody go to her house in Torr following her husband Joss's death?
3. What does the registrar, Mohammad Nassar Sharif, take special pride in in doing his job?
4. Why is the verse from the George Gershwin song "They Can't Take That Away From Me" that Kay begins the book with so significant to Millie's life?
5. Why are throngs of people waiting outside of Millie Moody's house several days after Joss Moody's death and funeral?
6. What does Millie ask the registrar to do that means so much to her in registering Joss's death?
7. What does Colman remember Joss Moody having a lifelong phobia of?
8. How do Millie and Joss first meet?
9. How does Millie's mother feel about her wedding to Joss at first, and why does she feel that way?
10. What does Joss Moody tell his son Colman when Colman asks him about Joss's own father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Colman Moody, Joss and Millie's son, carries resentments and hurt feelings towards both of his parents even before he discovers the shocking secret about his father's gender identity that they have kept from him. Write an essay exploring the origins and reasons for Joss's resentments towards his parents that predate his discovery of Joss's secret.
Essay Topic 2
What are some of the most significant struggles and hardships in the Moodys' marriage? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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