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

2. Why does the woman think the goal should have been disallowed?
(a) It was a foul.
(b) It was offside.
(c) The ref had blown his whistle.
(d) It wasn't over the line.

3. What does Colin say he is not going to rob?
(a) Cafes.
(b) Schools.
(c) Shops.
(d) Banks.

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

5. Why does the narrator think his father could never kill himself?
(a) He could never get the look of death.
(b) He faces up to his problems.
(c) He has too many friends.
(d) He is too much of a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say you can't hold to forever?

2. What kind of life does the narrator say his father leads his mother?

3. What is Jim looking as miserable as when he returns?

4. What does Jim give his fiance an eye like?

5. Who are Notts County playing in this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bert's plan to cheat at the penny game?

2. Why is Lennox upset with his children?

3. Why is the man's suicide attempt unsuccessful?

4. Why does the narrator come back to the man's house?

5. How do Lennox and Fred's views on marriage differ?

6. How are Bert and Colin different to each other?

7. Why does the man want to kill himself?

8. What are Fred and wife's views about what is happening next door?

9. Describe the chase between the collector and Colin?

10. Why does the policeman arrest the man?

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