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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 happens at the Arsenal Southampton game?

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

3. What team does Arsenal play on the twenty second of August, 1989?

4. Which player is Nick afraid Arsenal may sell?

5. What is Nick working to become at the end of this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize this section.

3. What happened during the Hillsborough disaster?

4. What does Nick think is the difference between men and women?

5. Why is Nick unapologetic about hurting his friends?

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

7. How does Nick take comfort in Neil Kaas?

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

9. How does Nick's life change when he moves to North London?

10. How does racism at football games affect Nick?

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

Choose one of the following Arsenal players and discuss Nick's views on each one. What role do they play in Nick's life?

1. Liam Brady.

2. Malcolm MacDonald.

3. Charlie Nicholas.

4. Bob McNab.

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What affect does it have on the story?

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