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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. Who scores the goal to win the league for Arsenal?

2. What does Nick force his girlfriend to admit after he sulks after a game?

3. What is the name of Arsenal's new manager?

4. What is the title of the second chapter in this section?

5. In which country is the Heysel stadium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nick buying tickets in the all-seater part of the stadium signify?

2. How does Nick take comfort in Neil Kaas?

3. How does non-league football touch Nick in this section?

4. What does Augustus Caesar help Nick understand about life?

5. How does Nick's obsession with Arsenal affect him in the workplace?

6. Summarize this section.

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

8. Why is Nick depressed in this section?

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

10. Why does Hornby have to go home from Wembley in this section?

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

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

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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