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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How I Won the Double, Arsenal v. Newcastle, 17.4.71; Another City, Chelsea v. Tottenham, January 1972; Islington Boy, Reading v. Arsenal, 5.2.72; and Happy, Arsenal v. Derby, 12.2.72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major event in Hornby's life happens just after his eleventh birthday?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) His parents divorce.
(c) He goes to his first football game.
(d) He contracts polio.

2. Why does Nick feel disconnected from Arsenal's double?
(a) He did not see it.
(b) His mother is dying.
(c) He is in love.
(d) He thought they played boring football.

3. Where do the family Nick speaks to at the Reading game think he is from?
(a) London.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Manchester.

4. Who does the father think Nick should support?
(a) A northern team.
(b) The national team.
(c) The team nearest him.
(d) The best team.

5. Who does Nick think he knows more than?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) The football manager.
(d) The scout leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nick think his father should support Chelsea?

2. Who is Arsenal playing the first time Hornby goes to a match?

3. What does Nick he does not learn to do at games until he is much older?

4. Where does Nick get teased when Arsenal loses?

5. How does Nick know Rat?

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