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

2. What does the author say the fair is a sea of?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Colors.
(c) People.
(d) Lights.

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

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

5. What does the narrator say Jim's mother cannot touch Phylis with?
(a) A finger.
(b) A rope.
(c) A poker.
(d) A barge pole.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jim looking as miserable as when he returns?

3. Why does Lennox have a feeling Notts County will lose?

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

5. What is the name of the newspaper Lennox asks his son to fetch him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim's fiance surprise the neighbors?

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

3. Why is Jim arrested?

4. Why is Lennox so upset at the beginning of this story?

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

6. How are Bert and Colin different to each other?

7. Why is the man's suicide attempt unsuccessful?

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

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

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

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