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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Arsenal player Hornby meets in this section?

2. What team does Arsenal lose against at the end of the section?

3. Who does Arsenal play on February the 12th?

4. What is the name of the first chapter in this section?

5. When does Nick say he does not want to die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Cambridge Utd. help Nick?

4. Why does Nick stereotype women?

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

6. How does Nick cope at Cambridge University?

7. How does George get into trouble in this section?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way do Nick's successes and failures mirror Arsenal's successes and failures? How does Nick try to distance himself from Arsenal's successes and failures?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters affect football worldwide? How does Nick show this change in the book? How do the changes affect Nick's own character?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of person would Nick have developed into without football? What evidence is there that he would have developed into this person?

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