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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Lennox's wife cooked for dinner?
(a) Steak.
(b) Sardines.
(c) Eggs and chips.
(d) Kippers.

2. Who are Notts County playing in this book?
(a) Bristol City.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Stoke City.
(d) Cambridge Utd.

3. What does Jim say is the first thing him and Phylis need to do?
(a) Buy a house.
(b) Talk to the family.
(c) Buy a ring.
(d) Send out invitations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jim's father die of?

2. What does Lennox see dance before his eyes when he closes them?

3. What ride does Colin want to try?

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

5. What does the author say Colin's legs are like as he tries to escape with Bert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Fred and wife's views about what is happening next door?

2. How does the narrator describe Jim's mother?

3. Why does the narrator come back to the man's house?

4. How does Bert ride the Noah's Ark for free?

5. Why does the man want to kill himself?

6. What is Bert's plan to cheat at the penny game?

7. What do Bert and Colin do on the way home?

8. What does the narrator think has lead to Jim's disgrace?

9. What does the narrator say about his families' black looks?

10. How do Lennox and Fred's views on marriage differ?

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