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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 Millie ask the registrar to do concerning the record of Joss Moody's death?

2. What style of music did Joss Moody play?

3. How would Colman know that Joss was angry with him?

4. What does Millie say is the problem when the love of your life dies?

5. What does the registrar make sure everyone who comes into his office has?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Millie and Joss first meet?

4. How does Colman Moody feel about his birth parents?

5. Why are throngs of people waiting outside of Millie Moody's house several days after Joss Moody's death and funeral?

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

7. Why does Millie first suspect that Joss might be hiding something important from her when they are young and first dating?

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

9. What struck Colman the most about the attendees at his father's funeral?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joss Moody's wife, Millie, is the only person in the world who knows that Joss is a transgender person until the time of Joss's death. Write an essay explaining how sharing this secret with Joss affected Joss's and Millie's relationship and marriage.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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