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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 team fails to win for 31 games in this section?
(a) Reading.
(b) Nottingham Forest.
(c) Arsenal.
(d) Cambridge.

2. What team does Arsenal play on the nineteenth of August 1987?
(a) Chelsea.
(b) Everton.
(c) Wimbledon.
(d) Luton.

3. What is the title of the second chapter in this section?
(a) A Trivial Pursuit.
(b) Clowns.
(c) My Brother.
(d) Same Old Arsenal.

4. What does Nick say he cheers during the West Ham Arsenal game?
(a) A streaker.
(b) An own goal.
(c) A bad foul.
(d) A red card.

5. What is the title of the opening chapter of this section?
(a) The Horror Returns.
(b) Boys and Girls.
(c) Sugar Mice and Buzzcock Albums.
(d) Just Like a Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which set of fans does Nick say people love?

2. What team does Arsenal play on the 19th of August 1980?

3. What kind of company does Nick start working for in this section?

4. What is Nick and his friend's son forced to do when a fight breaks out behind them?

5. What does Nick promise himself in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick's life change when he moves to North London?

2. How did the Heysel disaster affect the British game?

3. Why is Nick depressed in this section?

4. How does Hornby foreshadow the tragedies that will happen later in the novel?

5. How did the Hillsborough disaster affect British football?

6. How does racism at football games affect Nick?

7. How happens during the Heysel disaster?

8. What does Nick state is his worst fear in this section?

9. How does Cambridge Utd.'s losing streak affect Nick?

10. How does Nick's girlfriend react to watching Arsenal play?

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