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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Buford attend other matches at the end of "A Station Outside Cardiff"?
(a) London and Glasgow.
(b) Manchester and Glascow.
(c) Dublin and Cork.
(d) Oxford and Cambridge.

2. What does a "package" include?
(a) Air travel and hotel.
(b) Air travel, hotel, and match tickets.
(c) Hotel and tickets.
(d) Tickets and a meal plan

3. What does Robert point out to Buford in "Sunderland and Manchester" relating to mob violence?
(a) No one can control it.
(b) The women allow it.
(c) The police allow it.
(d) The mob has to have humor as well.

4. What do Buford and R. McAllister discuss?
(a) How to become a part of a firm.
(b) European football.
(c) The mob's violence.
(d) American football.

5. What does Buford compare the fans of football to?
(a) Family abuse.
(b) Anxious parents waiting for their children's medical results.
(c) An addiction that is disgusting at first, then pleasureable over time.
(d) A squriming cattle.

6. What does Buford realize as he talks to the men in "Sunderland and Manchester"?
(a) They take pride in their positions and want to inform the world of them.
(b) They are arrogant.
(c) They are violent and hot headed.
(d) They are down to earth.

7. What does Buford notice at the first game he attends?
(a) Many younger individuals swear violently and fight.
(b) Women are present.
(c) Women are not present.
(d) Children are not allowed.

8. Who is Tony Roberts?
(a) A pub owner.
(b) A football player.
(c) A true thug.
(d) A well dressed leader who jumps from position to position.

9. What happens to the Italian boy that braves the square in hope to practice his English in "Turin"?
(a) He is beaten to near death.
(b) He is spit and urinated on.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He is kicked in the groin and led away by his friends.

10. What does Buford notice about hundreds of Manchester United Fans?
(a) Most have tattoos related to the Manchester United Football club.
(b) They are really angry and agressive.
(c) Most are old and poor.
(d) Most are ex football players.

11. What does it mean when a person is on the "jib"?
(a) They are sick.
(b) They are fugitives.
(c) They are poor and broke.
(d) They travel to the games without spending any money.

12. Who makes up the smaller circle of Manchester United supporters?
(a) Unofficial supporters or members of the firm.
(b) The wives to the men of the larger circle.
(c) The sons to the men of the larger circle.
(d) Ex football players.

13. Who is Michael Wicks?
(a) A football player.
(b) The acting British Consul.
(c) A pilot.
(d) The head of the ICJ.

14. What match does Buford attend at the invitation of members of the firm?
(a) West Ham.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Espania.
(d) Turin Juventus.

15. What does Buford realize about the man he meets in "Manchester"?
(a) That he trusts him.
(b) That he is a crook.
(c) That he is a good man.
(d) That he is very important to the ICJ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buford mean when he says the man he meets in "Manchester" is well off?

2. What do the fans do as they exit the plane in "Turin"?

3. Who does Buford follow out of the mob in "Turin"?

4. What is "the simple squeeze"?

5. What two names does Buford mention he has heard of prior to meeting them in "Sunderland and Manchester"?

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