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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 is the name of Vince's wife?

2. Who asks Mandy for a kiss?

3. What famous attraction stands opposite St. Thomas's?

4. What did Vince become during the sixties?

5. What is Vic's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do the friends toast in the pub?

2. Why did Vince fight in school?

3. What big news did Susie tell Ray?

4. Why was Vince getting teased at school?

5. What does Vic have with him?

6. How did Vic know Jack was coming to say something important when he walked towards his shop?

7. What does Vic say about his profession in this section?

8. What does Vince say he hated his father for doing?

9. How did Ray raise money to pay for Susie's plane ticket?

10. Why did Vince start to feel guilt during the trips to the seaside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Swift's life. In what way is his life and personality is reflected in the book? Does he identify with any of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Ray's divorce affected one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about life in '80s Britain:

1) The Mercedes.

2) Family life.

3) Emigration.

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