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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 natural disaster event happened as Colman was born?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A wildfire.
(d) A tsunami.
2. How many brothers of Millie's attend her wedding to Joss?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.
3. Who was the only friend who got to come to Torr with Colman and Millie and Joss?
(a) Ben.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Edward.
(d) Daniel.
4. Who is Joss's drummer and great friend?
(a) Billy Rines.
(b) Big Red McCall.
(c) Malcolm Gladwell.
(d) Maniac McGee.
5. What kind of a band plays at Joss's funeral?
(a) A hip-hop group.
(b) A Celtic band.
(c) An American country music band.
(d) A rap group.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the quote above Albert Holding's door in the funeral parlor from?
2. What phrase does Joss use that Colman particularly likes?
3. How does Colman feel about jazz music?
4. How does Colman feel that Joss felt about him?
5. In which town did Joss Moody grow up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kinds of dreams does Millie start to have after Joss's death?
2. Why is the verse from the George Gershwin song "They Can't Take That Away From Me" that Kay begins the book with so significant to Millie's life?
3. Why is Millie Moody unsure if her son Colman will ever speak to her again?
4. Why is Millie asking a locksmith to change the locks on her doors in Part II?
5. Why was Millie so tense when her mother came to visit she and Joss in their own flat early in their marriage?
6. How does the doctor, doctor Krishnamurty, who records Joss's death, handle the revelation that Joss has a woman's body?
7. What does Colman remember Joss Moody having a lifelong phobia of?
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. How was the weather very unusual on the day of Joss Moody's funeral?
10. What struck Colman the most about the attendees at his father's funeral?
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