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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 does Nick's father forget to bring to the game against Derby?

2. Who does Nick think he knows more than?

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

4. Where do the family Nick speaks to at the Reading game think he is from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Don Rogers?

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

3. What does Nick say he thinks about Pele?

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

5. Why does Nick dislike talking to the players?

6. Why does Nick enjoy the violence he witnesses at games?

7. How does Nick get closer to his father?

8. Why does Nick stereotype women?

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

10. What does Nick think of Malcolm MacDonald?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all of the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

How does Nick's parent's divorce affect him? How does Nick use his love for Arsenal to get over his parent's divorce?

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