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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 football team does Neil support?

2. What part of his body does Nick injure in this section?

3. Who do the Arsenal fans blame for the loss against Luton?

4. What is the name of Nick's half-brother?

5. What team does Arsenal play on the nineteenth of August 1987?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick get though the heartache of splitting up with his girlfriend?

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

3. What does Nick find funny about his step brother's support for Arsenal?

4. What problems does Nick have after college?

5. How does Nick take comfort in Neil Kaas?

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

7. How happens during the Heysel disaster?

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

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

10. How does Nick win a bet with his girlfriend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the Heysel disaster affect Nick so deeply? Do the students think Nick is right to apologize to his Italian students? Does Nick feels a sense of guilt himself? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

What are Nick's views on hooliganism and hooligans? Into what do his views change as the story develops?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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