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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 Colman do for Millie right after Joss's death that surprises Millie?
2. What does Colman say his father Joss Moody could not cope with at one stage of Colman's life on page 163?
3. What was the name of Joss's last album?
4. What does Sophie admit to herself that she spends too much money on?
5. What does Maggie always remember the Moody house smelling like?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Melanie called Melanie, instead of her given name, Ruth?
2. How does Big Red McCall react when Sophie Stones calls him to ask him about Joss Moody?
3. How does Millie Moody feel when she begins getting multiple letters from Sophie Stones?
4. Why does Colman break up with his girlfriend Melanie?
5. Why does Colman get up and follow a man, another passenger, on the train to Glasgow?
6. How does Joss Moody feel when he plays the trumpet?
7. Why does Colman quit his job as a courier right after Joss's funeral?
8. What does Sophie admit that she spends too much of her money on?
9. How does Maggie feel about the Moodys as a family, and how they treated her as their cleaner?
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
What are Kay's most powerful and emotionally resonant depictions of Millie's grief in the wake of Joss's death? How does Kay manage to separate the somewhat mundane grief of a shattered widow from the extraordinary stresses Millie is dealing with in the wake of Joss's death? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What do the bandages that Joss Moody wears all the time to bind his breasts represent? What is the significance of his wife Millie's daily application of the bandages? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the range of feelings Millie experiences while staying at her house in Torr immediately following Joss's death and the release of the news that he was a transgender person.
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