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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the man's arms chaf like when the narrator kicks the chair away?
(a) A referee.
(b) A scarecrow.
(c) An airport controller.
(d) An injured eagle.

2. What does Fred say he is not one to grumble about?
(a) His team.
(b) His job.
(c) His wife.
(d) His grub.

3. What does Fred grin like at the end of the book?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An excited puppy.
(c) A Cheshire-cat.
(d) An assassin.

4. What did Jim's father die of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Black death.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Consumption.

5. What member of the Notts County team does Lennox think is a fool?
(a) The captain.
(b) The goalkeeper.
(c) The striker.
(d) The central defender.

6. What does Jim tell his mother he has been through in the last six months?
(a) Heaven.
(b) War.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Hell.

7. Who is the King of England in this time period?
(a) King Henry.
(b) King Charles.
(c) King George.
(d) King Philip.

8. What does Jim give his fiance an eye like?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An angry cat.
(c) A little dog.
(d) A pregnant mother.

9. What can Colin and Bert view from the war memorial?
(a) The fair.
(b) The girl's school.
(c) The lake.
(d) The whole town.

10. What does the author say Ruby is plump like?
(a) A peach.
(b) A pear.
(c) A jelly.
(d) A pudding.

11. What ride does Colin want to try?
(a) The Gunner.
(b) Mad Hatter.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) The Catherine Wheel.

12. Where does Jim's mother move to?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Derby.

13. What kind of life does the narrator say his father leads his mother?
(a) A queen's life.
(b) A dog's life.
(c) A skunk's life.
(d) A lonely life.

14. What does the narrator say he would hang himself from?
(a) A tree.
(b) A balcony.
(c) A clifftop.
(d) A rooftop.

15. What kind of animal does Colin cling to on the Noah's Ark ride?
(a) A lion.
(b) A dove.
(c) A gorilla.
(d) A tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lennox see dance before his eyes when he closes them?

2. What is the narrator's friend watching at the pictures?

3. What does the author say Jones's brain is like?

4. How does Bert say he earned his tuppence?

5. What is Jones's job?

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