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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stand does Nick start watching games from when he turns 15?
(a) The North Bank.
(b) The South Bank.
(c) The West Bank.
(d) The East Bank.

2. What does Hornby often daydream about?
(a) Music.
(b) Women.
(c) Books.
(d) Football.

3. What two trophies does Arsenal win in 1971?
(a) The European Cup and the League Cup.
(b) The league and the UEFA cup.
(c) The FA Cup and the League Cup.
(d) The league and the FA Cup.

4. What does Nick he does not learn to do at games until he is much older?
(a) Relax.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Sing.
(d) Scream.

5. Which English football team does Hornby support?
(a) Manchester Utd.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Arsenal.
(d) Tottenhan Hotspur.

6. Why does Nick finally accept Arsenal's continental style of playing?
(a) He has no coice.
(b) They are winning.
(c) They are hard to break down.
(d) It is good to watch.

7. What is the real reason Nick wants to go home from the scout camp?
(a) He misses his mother and sister.
(b) He wants to play with his friends.
(c) He wants to buy a new bike.
(d) He wants to watch Arsenal.

8. What does Hornby trade with his friends?
(a) Football cards.
(b) Football stickers.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Cigarettes.

9. How does Nick say he feels during the Arsenal Manchester City game?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Humorless.
(c) Disconnected.
(d) Depressed.

10. Where does Nick want people to spread his ashes when he dies?
(a) At Wembley.
(b) In the sea.
(c) At Highbury.
(d) In his garden.

11. What does Nick say are not funny?
(a) Manic behaviors.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Obsessions.
(d) Grown-ups.

12. What team does Arsenal play on the fourth of November?
(a) Coventry.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Tottenham.
(d) Chelsea.

13. At which ground does Arsenal play Stoke City?
(a) Anfield.
(b) Villa Park.
(c) Wembley.
(d) Highbury.

14. How does Nick know Rat?
(a) He is his mother's boyfriend.
(b) He is the school bus driver.
(c) He is the older brother of his classmate.
(d) He is a friend of his father's.

15. Who do the fans frighten on the way to the game against Derby?
(a) Old ladies.
(b) Shoppers.
(c) School children.
(d) Grown men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What team is labeled boring?

2. What does Nick say he enjoys being thought of as?

3. How does Nick describe the boys in the Schoolboy enclosure?

4. What is the name of the enclosure Rat and Nick stand in?

5. How does Nick say he takes each of Arsenal's wins or losses?

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