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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say Ruby is plump like?
(a) A peach.
(b) A pudding.
(c) A pear.
(d) A jelly.

2. What does the man tell the narrator to shut?
(a) His gob.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His coat.
(d) His bag.

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

4. What kind of animal does Colin cling to on the Noah's Ark ride?
(a) A lion.
(b) A dove.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A gorilla.

5. What is the real reason the narrator feels black?
(a) He has lost his wallet.
(b) He hasn't been to the pictures.
(c) His girlfriend has dumped him.
(d) He has seen a man kill himself.

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

7. What kind of snake does the African woman have curled around her top?
(a) A grass snake.
(b) A cobra.
(c) A python.
(d) An adder.

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

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

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

11. What does Fred say ninety-five thousand quid has gone up like?
(a) Goal hangers.
(b) London fog.
(c) Arsenal defenders.
(d) Scotch mist.

12. Why does Lennox have a feeling Notts County will lose?
(a) He is feeling unwell.
(b) Notts have many players injured.
(c) They have been performing badly.
(d) Bristol are a much better team.

13. What do the man's arms chaf like when the narrator kicks the chair away?
(a) A scarecrow.
(b) An airport controller.
(c) A referee.
(d) An injured eagle.

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

15. What color does the narrator say his family turns when they are fed-up?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's friend watching at the pictures?

2. What does the narrator say Jim's mother cannot touch Phylis with?

3. What smell makes Lennox feel hungry?

4. What does the man want the narrator to do when he has the rope around his neck?

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

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