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

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

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

4. Why does the narrator think Jim could have gone anywhere in the country?
(a) He has a car.
(b) He is easy to get along with.
(c) He is earning good money.
(d) He is a wanderer.

5. What does the man order the narrator to do before he hangs himself?
(a) Write a note.
(b) Shut the door.
(c) Sit down.
(d) Fetch a chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the policeman say the man can't kill himself?

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

3. What member of the Notts County team does Lennox think is a fool?

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

5. What did Jim's father die of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Jim arrested?

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

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

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

6. What does Jim say went wrong in his marriage to Phyllis?

7. Why does the policeman arrest the man?

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

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

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

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