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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 is the Manchester football fan club named?
(a) In Cite Jibs.
(b) Iron City Jaws.
(c) Inner City Jibbers or ICJ.
(d) Inner Cite Jabbers.

2. What does Richard say is the most important role in life?
(a) Being a good dad.
(b) Being involved in church.
(c) Being a hard worker.
(d) Being a member of a firm.

3. Buford notes how much alcohol he has consumed with the man he meets in "Manchester." How much is it?
(a) 2 cans of lager and 8 pints of bitter.
(b) 2 cans of bitter and 8 pints of lager.
(c) 4 shots and 7 pints of lager.
(d) A bottle of Vodka and 4 cans of lager.

4. What happens to Buford after he makes his way out of the mob in "Turin"?
(a) He goes into shock.
(b) He is beaten by police.
(c) He is hit by an ex football player.
(d) He throws up.

5. What does Buford compare the fans of football to?
(a) Family abuse.
(b) A squriming cattle.
(c) Anxious parents waiting for their children's medical results.
(d) An addiction that is disgusting at first, then pleasureable over time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Italian boy that braves the square in hope to practice his English in "Turin"?

2. What does the man Buford meets in "Manchester" do with him that evening?

3. What is Buford's first game?

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

5. Where does Buford arrive after searching for a firm in "A Station Outside Cardiff"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Buford waits at a train station in "A Station Outside Cardiff"?

2. Why is Buford particularly intrigued by the Manchester United firm?

3. Who is Michael Wicks, and what is he doing as Buford exits the plane in "Turin"?

4. What does Buford learn about those traveling on his flight to Turin in "Manchester"?

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

6. What does Buford notice about the flight to Turin that ends up proving himself wrong?

7. What happens to the Italian boy who goes into the crowd to practice his English in "Turin"?

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

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

10. Why do the members of the ICJ feel they are most effective when they are in a foreign country at the end of "Sunderland and Manchester"?

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