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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lennox see dance before his eyes when he closes them?
(a) Grey squares.
(b) Orange circles.
(c) Black dots.
(d) Red dots.

2. What does Jim give his fiance an eye like?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An angry cat.
(c) A little dog.
(d) A pregnant mother.

3. How does the narrator say he would get to Glasgow?
(a) By bike.
(b) By bus.
(c) By hitch-hiking.
(d) By train.

4. What is Jim's fiance's name?
(a) Deirdrie.
(b) Rose.
(c) Denise.
(d) Phylis.

5. Where does the man put his cap?
(a) On the dresser.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In the sink.
(d) On his the coolbox.

6. What does the narrator say he would have done to Jim's mother if she has talked to him in the same way?
(a) Hugged her.
(b) Hit her.
(c) Threw plates at her.
(d) Screamed at her.

7. What are people beginning to call Lennox because of his sight?
(a) Blinkered.
(b) Squinty.
(c) Cock-eye.
(d) Simpleton.

8. What kind of stains does Bert have on his mac?
(a) Wine and oil stains.
(b) Beetroot and treacle stains.
(c) Chocolate and coffee stains.
(d) Beer and egg stains.

9. What does Jim tell his mother he has been through in the last six months?
(a) Heaven.
(b) War.
(c) Hell.
(d) Barbed wire.

10. What does the narrator say the man has a face like?
(a) A parson.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A poet.
(d) A junkie.

11. What is Jim looking as miserable as when he returns?
(a) A gargoyle.
(b) Hell.
(c) Sin.
(d) A convict.

12. Why does the woman think the goal should have been disallowed?
(a) It was a foul.
(b) It wasn't over the line.
(c) The ref had blown his whistle.
(d) It was offside.

13. Why does the narrator think his father could never kill himself?
(a) He has too many friends.
(b) He is too much of a coward.
(c) He faces up to his problems.
(d) He could never get the look of death.

14. What is Fred Iremonger's job?
(a) Steelworker.
(b) Baker.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Miner.

15. What does Fred grin like at the end of the book?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An excited puppy.
(c) An assassin.
(d) A Cheshire-cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man tell the narrator to shut?

2. What smell makes Lennox feel hungry?

3. What does Fred say ninety-five thousand quid has gone up like?

4. What kind of snake does the African woman have curled around her top?

5. What is the top and back of Bert's head padded by?

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