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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 style of music did Joss Moody play?

2. What instrument did Joss Moody play?

3. What does Albert Holding finally tell Colman about his news about Joss Moody, Colman's father?

4. What is the name of the doctor who creates Joss's death certificate?

5. What was Joss Moody's big, lifelong secret?

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

3. What kinds of dreams does Millie start to have after Joss's death?

4. Why is Millie Moody unsure if her son Colman will ever speak to her again?

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

6. How does the doctor, doctor Krishnamurty, who records Joss's death, handle the revelation that Joss has a woman's body?

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

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

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

10. Why is Millie asking a locksmith to change the locks on her doors in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Kay describes a wide range of character reactions to the shocking revelation that Joss Moody was born with a woman's body. Choose three characters who exhibit a range of different reactions to the revelation and analyze their reactions. Write an essay explaining what you think Kay is trying to convey to the reader about the experience of transgender people through her descriptions of these different characters' reactions.

Essay Topic 3

The funeral director, Albert Holding, handles the fact of Joss Moody's gender quite awkwardly, and his actions set the rest of the story's action and suspense in motion. Write an essay exploring the nuances of Holding's reaction and consider how the action of the novel might have been different if he had handled the disclosure of Joss Moody's gender to Colman Moody differently.

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