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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food do the advertising boards advertise?
(a) Beef steaks.
(b) Pork-pies.
(c) Steak-pies.
(d) Chicken wings.

2. What did Jim's father die of?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Black death.
(d) Cancer.

3. Who is the King of England in this time period?
(a) King Charles.
(b) King Henry.
(c) King Philip.
(d) King George.

4. Where does the man say the boys will be sent if they are caught begging?
(a) Prison.
(b) Borstal.
(c) Hell.
(d) Australia.

5. Why does the man say he is fed up?
(a) He has the police after him.
(b) He is in debt.
(c) His son has died.
(d) His wife has left him.

6. What does the narrator say you can't hold to forever?
(a) Your mam's apron strings.
(b) Your past.
(c) Your father's coat tails.
(d) Your future.

7. What smell makes Lennox feel hungry?
(a) Fish and chips.
(b) Pork-pies.
(c) Mince-pies.
(d) Steak and kidney.

8. What can four pence buy a pound of?
(a) Beef.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Scones.
(d) Treacle.

9. What does Fred say he is not one to grumble about?
(a) His grub.
(b) His wife.
(c) His team.
(d) His job.

10. Who does the narrator see walk to the man's house?
(a) An ambulance driver.
(b) The man's wife.
(c) A social worker.
(d) A policeman.

11. What does Lennox say he needs to take to the games?
(a) Glasses.
(b) A flask.
(c) Beer.
(d) A scarf.

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

13. What is Mrs. Scaredale crackers about?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Fresh air.
(c) Snow.
(d) Chocolate.

14. What does Colin think his father would take with a smile?
(a) A cheese sandwich.
(b) Four pence.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) The newspaper.

15. What kind of life does the narrator say his father leads his mother?
(a) A dog's life.
(b) A skunk's life.
(c) A queen's life.
(d) A lonely life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people beginning to call Lennox because of his sight?

2. Why does the narrator think Jim could have gone anywhere in the country?

3. What color does the narrator say his family turns when they are fed-up?

4. What does Colin say he is not going to rob?

5. Why does the narrator think his father could never kill himself?

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