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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Buford notice the police have with them at the train station in "Sunderland and Manchester"?
(a) Dog handlers.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Mace.
(d) Night sticks.

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

3. How much money does Buford estimate the man he meets in "Manchester" spends at the pub?
(a) 75 pounds.
(b) 60 pounds.
(c) 60 dollars.
(d) 75 dollars.

4. What is Buford's reaction to what happens to the man who falls at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Concern.

5. What does the boy who looks like Keith Richards say to Buford about the football violence?
(a) He hates it.
(b) It's a vital part of the game and community.
(c) It's necessary.
(d) It is part of human nature and they would "go off" elsewhere if it weren't at the games.

6. What three adjectives does Buford use to describe the conditions of the matches?
(a) Cramped, dirty, and volatile.
(b) Cramped, old, and violent.
(c) Pleasurable, dirty, and volatile.
(d) Smelly, bleak, and disgusting.

7. What does Buford discover about the places in which the games are played?
(a) They are run down and dilapidated.
(b) They don't have air conditioning.
(c) They are filled with rotten odors.
(d) They are really clean and nice.

8. Where does Buford go to find a "firm" in "A Station Outside Cardiff"?
(a) Stamford Lane.
(b) Stamford Bridge.
(c) Stafford Road.
(d) Samford Canal.

9. What does Buford purchase from the man he meets in "Manchester"?
(a) The package.
(b) His game tickets.
(c) His watch.
(d) His airfare to the next game.

10. Who does Buford remember a story about in "Turin"?
(a) His first time meeting football fans.
(b) His ex girlfriend.
(c) A scared journalist.
(d) The head of the ICJ being murdered.

11. What happens to the man that falls at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is taken home.
(b) He is given food.
(c) He is murdered.
(d) He is arrested.

12. What does the man Buford meets in "Manchester" say is a problem within the ICJ?
(a) Having more than one leader.
(b) The women wanting to enter the mobs.
(c) The huge violence.
(d) The police.

13. While Buford waits for his tickets to be set up, who throws bottle and debris at their head beneath the stadium in "Turin"?
(a) Children.
(b) Italians.
(c) The women.
(d) English.

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

15. Why are the Manchester supporters humiliated by the West Ham supporters in "Sunderland and Manchester"?
(a) They beat them up.
(b) They walked away.
(c) The West Ham supporters do not flinch at the bottles thrown at them.
(d) More Mancherster fans were killed than West Ham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "the shove"?

2. What does Buford compare the fans of football to?

3. What does Richard say is the most important role in life?

4. What agency handles the "package" deal that the man Buford meets in "Manchester" tells him about?

5. What does Buford address in his book "Among the Thugs"?

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