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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 team does Arsenal play on the nineteenth of August 1987?

2. What does Nick wish clubs did more to prevent?

3. What happens to Nick's girlfriend during a game against Exeter?

4. How does Nick describe the school he teaches at?

5. What football team does Pete support?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Hillsborough disaster affect British football?

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

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

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

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

7. How happens during the Heysel disaster?

8. How does Nick's obsession with football rear its ugly head in this section?

9. Why is Nick ashamed of his countrymen in this section?

10. Summarize this section.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences between the book and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a book? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 2

How does English football change from 1969 to 1991? What are the negative and positive aspects of this change?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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