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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 ride does Colin want to try?

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

3. Why does the narrator think Jim could have gone anywhere in the country?

4. What do the man's arms chaf like when the narrator kicks the chair away?

5. What does the narrator say the man has a face like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the chase between the collector and Colin?

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

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

6. Why do Lennox's workmates tease him?

7. Why is Jim arrested?

8. Why does the policeman arrest the man?

9. How does Jim's mother react to him telling her he is getting married?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what do Colin and Bert's characters differ? How do the students think Bert and Colin's relationship develop as they grow older? In what way could they influence affect each other both negatively and positively?

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

Why is British slang and dialect so important to the stories meanings? What meaning would Sillitoe take away from the stories if he did not write in dialect and British slang?

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