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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 Albert Holding finally tell Colman about his news about Joss Moody, Colman's father?
2. What does Millie wear to her wedding with Joss?
3. In what city did Joss and Millie first meet?
4. What is the source of the biggest fight Joss and Millie ever had in their marriage?
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. Why is Millie asking a locksmith to change the locks on her doors in Part II?
2. Why does Millie first suspect that Joss might be hiding something important from her when they are young and first dating?
3. What kinds of dreams does Millie start to have after Joss's death?
4. What is the biggest fight Joss and Millie have in their marriage about?
5. How does Millie's mother feel about her wedding to Joss at first, and why does she feel that way?
6. How does the doctor, doctor Krishnamurty, who records Joss's death, handle the revelation that Joss has a woman's body?
7. What does the registrar, Mohammad Nassar Sharif, take special pride in in doing his job?
8. How do Millie and Joss first meet?
9. What is unusual about Joss Moody's breasts?
10. Why was Millie so tense when her mother came to visit she and Joss in their own flat early in their marriage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Joss Moody's trumpet, and his trumpet-playing career, represent? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What does the reader learn about Joss Moody and his early life as a child through the experience and revelations of May Hart? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the novel, Colman and Millie are about to meet face-to-face for the first time since Colman found out that his father Joss was born as a woman. Given all that has transpired in the novel to this point, write an essay predicting what you think may transpire during this meeting. Will Colman and his mother be able to find mutual forgiveness and forge a path towards a peaceful relationship?
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