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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 does Nick say he would like to do for a living?
(a) Write.
(b) Draw.
(c) Play football.
(d) Own a music shop.

2. What team does Nick start watching as well as Arsenal?
(a) Bristol Rovers.
(b) Oxford Utd.
(c) Cambridge Utd.
(d) Bristol City.

3. What team does Arsenal play on the 19th of August 1980?
(a) Southampton.
(b) West Ham.
(c) Bristol City.
(d) Aston Villa.

4. How does an Arsenal get injured after the game?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is hung.
(d) He is hit with an iron bar.

5. What does Hornby quit teaching to become?
(a) A writer.
(b) A musician.
(c) An artist.
(d) A lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl Nick falls in love with study?

2. Why does Nick say he is not afraid of the situation at the Arsenal Southampton game?

3. Who does Nick attend the Coventry game with?

4. Who does Arsenal lose to in the 1978 FA Cup final?

5. What part of London does Hornby move to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick get though the heartache of splitting up with his girlfriend?

2. How happens during the Heysel disaster?

3. How does Cambridge Utd.'s losing streak affect Nick?

4. What does Nick state is his worst fear in this section?

5. How does non-league football touch Nick in this section?

6. How does Nick's girlfriend react to watching Arsenal play?

7. How does Nick's obsession with football rear its ugly head in this section?

8. Why is Nick depressed in this section?

9. What does Nick find funny about his step brother's support for Arsenal?

10. How does Hornby foreshadow the tragedies that will happen later in the novel?

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