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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 Brian's son?

2. Why does Nick spend his time working?

3. Where does Nick get teased when Arsenal loses?

4. What does Nick's father tell Nick off about at the end of the game with Swindon?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Don Rogers?

4. What does Nick say he thinks about Pele?

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

6. How does this section highlight the theme of not fitting in?

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

8. How does Nick get closer to his father?

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

10. How does Nick think football helps in at this stage in his life?

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

What does Nick stopping smoking at the end of the book symbolize? What does it say about Nick's character that he was such a heavy smoker?

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