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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joss show Millie about her own mother?
(a) That her mother loved fashion and makeup, which she never knew.
(b) That her mother had a very angry nature.
(c) That her mother had a wonderful sense of humor.
(d) A side to her mother she never knew existed.

2. What does Colman use his keys to his parents' house in London to get in and look for?
(a) Money.
(b) Valuable records and cassette tapes.
(c) Important papers and any evidence about Joss's true past.
(d) His own artwork.

3. How does Colman feel about jazz music?
(a) He absolutely hated it because he felt it took his father away from him.
(b) He loved it.
(c) He never liked it.
(d) He was indifferent towards it.

4. What is one of the affectionate gestures Colman remembers about Joss on page 45?
(a) Joss gave Colman money.
(b) Joss kissed Colman often.
(c) Joss held Colman's hand in the street.
(d) Joss played music for Colman.

5. What does Colman do after he sees Joss's body in the funeral parlor?
(a) Releases photos of Joss on social media.
(b) Calls his girlfriend to cry.
(c) Takes the first plane to Paris.
(d) Calls his mother Millie and says things to her he does not remember.

6. Where is the house that Millie flees to to escape the media spotlight in Part I of the book?
(a) Torr.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Glasgow.
(d) London.

7. What does Albert Holding finally tell Colman about his news about Joss Moody, Colman's father?
(a) Albert will have to call the authorities about Joss.
(b) Albert does not think he can go through with burying Joss.
(c) Colman would have to see for himself.
(d) Albert will have to call the press about Joss.

8. What musician does Kay quote before the first chapter of the novel?
(a) Michael Buble.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) George Gershwin.
(d) Woodie Guthrie.

9. What happens when Joss and Millie go to the beach?
(a) Joss and Millie see a school of dolphins.
(b) Joss is afraid of the water and has to leave.
(c) Joss would never swim or take his clothes off.
(d) Joss gets a terrible sunburn.

10. What were Joss and Millie both doing the first time they met?
(a) Reading to children.
(b) Donating blood.
(c) Playing music.
(d) Volunteering at a church.

11. How does Colman feel towards his birth parents, whom he has never met?
(a) He has already met his birth parents and he dislikes them.
(b) He does not care at all about them.
(c) He wants to meet just his birth father.
(d) He wants to meet just his birth mother.

12. What was Joss Moody's big, lifelong secret?
(a) He was born into poor beginnings.
(b) He was a transgender person.
(c) He could not really play the piano.
(d) He was black, but he looked white.

13. What did Mohammad most often observe about a pensioner there to register a parent's death?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Elation.
(d) Anger.

14. What movie does Millie recall on page 1 that she can relate to her feelings after Joss's death?
(a) Ray.
(b) The Crying Game.
(c) Hogan's Heroes.
(d) Double Indemnity.

15. In what year does Joss Moody die?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the registrar take particular pride in himself for?

2. In what year did Millie and Joss first meet?

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

4. What kind of a band plays at Joss's funeral?

5. What is the name of the funeral director who manages Joss's funeral?

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