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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the family butcher shop that Millie has gone to since she was a child in Scotland?
(a) F. Futcher and Son.
(b) Stones and Sons.
(c) Maloney's.
(d) Bertrand's and Sons.

2. What does Millie first think when Joss tells her he has a secret and starts taking off his shirt?
(a) That he has broken bones.
(b) That he has to put on makeup to cover up the blotches on his skin from a skin disorder.
(c) That he has been in an accident and has scars.
(d) That he may have a prosthetic arm.

3. What does Albert Holding put in his pocket that belongs to Joss Moody?
(a) A button from his fine pajamas.
(b) A ring.
(c) A lock of hair.
(d) A piece of his trumpet.

4. What kind of tree did Millie and Joss plant for Colman's first birthday?
(a) A rose tree.
(b) A red maple tree.
(c) A dogwood tree.
(d) A cherry tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the peculiarities of Joss's death that the registrar notices?

2. What does the undertaker tell his one-time girlfriend that terrifies her on page 104?

3. What is the name of the journalist who is working on a book about Joss Moody?

4. What kind of eyes did the registrar have?

5. What is the name of Joss's first band?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Millie Moody go to her house in Torr following her husband Joss's death?

2. What is unusual about Joss Moody's breasts?

3. What does the registrar, Mohammad Nassar Sharif, take special pride in in doing his job?

4. What does the registrar, Mr. Sharif, particularly notice and like about Millie Moody?

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

6. How was the weather very unusual on the day of Joss Moody's funeral?

7. Why was Millie so tense when her mother came to visit she and Joss in their own flat early in their marriage?

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

9. What is the biggest fight Joss and Millie have in their marriage about?

10. How does Joss first reveal his secret to Millie?

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