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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 Sophie Stones tell Colman about his father's family that shocks Colman?

2. What does Millie think about having lived with a genius?

3. What was the name of Joss's last album?

4. What shocks and dismays Millie the most about the letters she receives from Sophie Stones?

5. Who is Sophie Stones' sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maggie tell Sophie Stones that Sophie is delighted with?

2. What is Colman Moody's own flat in London like?

3. What does Colman's friend Sammy tell him about working with Sophie Stones and doing a book on Joss with her?

4. Why does Colman get up and follow a man, another passenger, on the train to Glasgow?

5. What does Colman think about the relationship he had with Joss just before Joss died?

6. Why does Colman quit his job as a courier right after Joss's funeral?

7. What does Colman think is the first thing he would ask his father Joss Moody if he had the opportunity to ask him one thing again?

8. Why is Melanie called Melanie, instead of her given name, Ruth?

9. How does Colman help Millie immediately after Joss's death?

10. How does Colman Moody feel during his train journey from London to Glasgow to meet Sophie Stones?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay exploring the reasons why the Millie's meeting with the registrar, Mohammad Nassar Sharif, was so powerful and meaningful for both Millie and Sharif.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how Colman's long meeting with his grandmother, Edith Moore, affects his decision about whether or not to continue working with Sophie Stones on the book about his father.

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