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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colin think his father would take with a smile?

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

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

4. Who does Jim Scarfedale live with?

5. Where does Jim's mother move to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jim arrested?

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

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

4. What happens when Mrs. Lennox stands up to her husband?

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

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

7. Why does the narrator think his father would never kill himself?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does football mean to Lennox? In what way does he use football to hide his real problems?

Essay Topic 2

What was Lennox marriage like in the beginning and how and why did it fall apart? What does Fred marriage symbolize in this same book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the book?

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