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

2. What team does Arsenal play on the 17th of April?
(a) Stoke.
(b) Tottenham.
(c) Newcastle.
(d) Wolves.

3. What team does Arsenal play on the fourteenth of October?
(a) Ipswich.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Tottenham.
(d) Coventry.

4. Where does Nick get teased when Arsenal loses?
(a) At football training.
(b) At home.
(c) At school.
(d) At the scout camp.

5. What are Nick and his girlfriend drinking as they lie in bed?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What team does Arsenal play on May the 2nd?

2. Why does Nick feel disconnected from Arsenal's double?

3. What two trophies does Arsenal win in 1971?

4. What does Hornby often daydream about?

5. What is the real reason Nick wants to go home from the scout camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nick say he thinks about Pele?

2. What does Nick say he feels about himself in retrospect?

3. How does Nick feel when he sees himself on television?

4. What does Nick observe at his first game for Arsenal?

5. How does Cambridge Utd. help Nick?

6. How does the family's dad upset Nick in this section?

7. How does Nick's first disappointment with Arsenal affect him?

8. How does Nick lose his scarf in this section?

9. In what way is the crowd different in the North Stand?

10. How does Nick show signs of the beginnings of his obsession with Arsenal in this section?

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