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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 Charlie George's punishment for making obscene gestures to the Derby fans?
(a) Prison.
(b) Community service.
(c) A fine.
(d) A ban.

2. What team is labeled boring?
(a) Arsenal.
(b) Coventry.
(c) Southampton.
(d) Newcastle.

3. What does Nick say Carol gave him?
(a) Independence from his family.
(b) Confidence in himself.
(c) A sex education.
(d) A life outside of football.

4. What does Nick start getting interested in during this section?
(a) Plants.
(b) Writing.
(c) Girls.
(d) Books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What team does Arsenal play on the fourth of October, 1975?

2. Who takes Nick to his first football game?

3. What team does Arsenal play on the fourteenth of October?

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

5. What does Nick see for the first time in A Matter of Life and Death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does nick's mum support his obsession for Arsenal?

3. In what way does Nick use football to rebel against his father?

4. What does Nick say he thinks about Pele?

5. Why is Nick grateful to his first girlfriend, Carol?

6. Why does Nick dislike talking to the players?

7. How does Nick show his anger at his parent's divorce?

8. How does Nick cope at Cambridge University?

9. Who is Don Rogers?

10. How does Nick's interest in football help him to fit in at school?

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