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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 Mark point out to Buford in "Sunderland and Manchester" relating to mob violence?
(a) The police allow it.
(b) These men desire to make history, good or bad.
(c) It is vital to the game and community.
(d) No one can control the mobs.

2. Who is the sole leader of the West Ham supporters that march in organized lines in "Sunderland and Manchester"?
(a) Bill Gardiner.
(b) Billy G.
(c) Bruce Gardney.
(d) Ben Garden.

3. What do Buford and R. McAllister discuss?
(a) European football.
(b) The mob's violence.
(c) American football.
(d) How to become a part of a firm.

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

5. Where does R. McAllister work?
(a) Wearside Police.
(b) A travel agency.
(c) A pub.
(d) A firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the fans do as they exit the plane in "Turin"?

2. What is Brunswick?

3. Where is Buford standing at the beginning of the book?

4. What does the mob begin to chant at the train station in "Sunderland and Manchester"?

5. What happens to the woman who screams in the crowd in "Turin"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Buford go to Stamford Bridge in "A Station Outside Cardiff"?

2. How does the crowd react to the knowledge that Buford is a reporter in "Turin"?

3. Explain what it means to be "on the jib."

4. What do the English fans do while they are on the bus traveling to the match in "Turin"?

5. What is the return flight from Turin to England like at the end of "Turin"?

6. What happens to Buford that makes him unsuccessful within the mob in "A Station Outside Cardiff"?

7. Explain what the "simple squeeze" and "the shove" are.

8. Why is Buford amazed at the way the supporter's interact with him in "Turin"?

9. What does the police superintendent R. McAllister want to discuss with Buford at the beginning of "Sunderland and Manchester"?

10. What does Mick say makes a good leader within the ICJ?

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