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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What does the Manchester group note at the end of "Sunderland and Manchester"?
(a) They want to keep fighting.
(b) They want to stop the mob violence.
(c) They hate West Ham.
(d) They work best in foreign countries.

5. What happens to the Italian boy that braves the square in hope to practice his English in "Turin"?
(a) He is beaten to near death.
(b) He is stabbed.
(c) He is spit and urinated on.
(d) He is kicked in the groin and led away by his friends.

6. Who is Sammy and what does he do?
(a) One of the ICJ leaders and a cop.
(b) One of the ICJ leaders and a professional thief.
(c) One of the ICJ leaders and a hitman.
(d) One of the ICJ leaders and a professional theif.

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

8. What happens to the woman who screams in the crowd in "Turin"?
(a) She falls and breaks her leg.
(b) She is seriously injured.
(c) She is passed to the front and exits.
(d) She dies.

9. What does it mean when a person is on the "jib"?
(a) They travel to the games without spending any money.
(b) They are sick.
(c) They are fugitives.
(d) They are poor and broke.

10. Where was the first game Buford attended?
(a) White Hay Road.
(b) Black Heart Lane.
(c) Blackney Street.
(d) White Hart Lane.

11. Which of the following is not mentioned being beaten by the English?
(a) A man in front of his family.
(b) An Italian's head is smashed.
(c) An eleven year old boy.
(d) A woman with a baby.

12. Where does Buford arrive after searching for a firm in "A Station Outside Cardiff"?
(a) The pub.
(b) The river.
(c) The Shed.
(d) The lake.

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

14. Why is Buford amazed by the men in ICJ he meet in "Turin".
(a) The amount they drink.
(b) The amount they cuss.
(c) The way they attack and injure people.
(d) The trust they have and need to prove themselves to him.

15. How does Buford feel about the English football game at the end of the first chapter?
(a) He hates it, but needs his interview.
(b) He likes it, although he is not in a firm yet.
(c) He is indifferent and just wants to finish his story.
(d) He loves it and wants to become a leader in one of the firms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Michael Wicks?

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

3. Where does the man Buford meets in "Manchester" take him?

4. What does Buford notice at the first game he attends?

5. Buford notes how much alcohol he has consumed with the man he meets in "Manchester." How much is it?

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