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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 was the only friend who got to come to Torr with Colman and Millie and Joss?
2. Who is Joss's drummer and great friend?
3. How does Colman feel that Joss felt about him?
4. What was the reason the man once would not let Millie take his picture with Joss, as she describes it on page 2?
5. In which town did Joss Moody grow up?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are throngs of people waiting outside of Millie Moody's house several days after Joss Moody's death and 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. What does Colman remember Joss Moody having a lifelong phobia of?
4. How does Joss first reveal his secret to Millie?
5. Why does Millie Moody go to her house in Torr following her husband Joss's death?
6. How does Colman Moody feel about his birth parents?
7. How does the doctor, doctor Krishnamurty, who records Joss's death, handle the revelation that Joss has a woman's body?
8. What does the registrar, Mohammad Nassar Sharif, take special pride in in doing his job?
9. Why is Millie Moody unsure if her son Colman will ever speak to her again?
10. Why does Millie first suspect that Joss might be hiding something important from her when they are young and first dating?
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
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
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.
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