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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 kind of bed does Jim's mother think he is lying in?

2. Why does the woman think the goal should have been disallowed?

3. What football position does the narrator compare his running at the chair to?

4. What did Jim's father die of?

5. What does the author say Jones's brain is like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Lennox upset with his children?

5. Why do Lennox's workmates tease him?

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

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

8. What efforts do Bert and Colin make to get more money?

9. Why does the policeman arrest the man?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is life like in Borstal for Smith? How does Borstal try to change Smith and why do they fail? How has youth prison changed since the story was written?

Essay Topic 2

Why was suicide seen as a criminal offense in England? What lead to suicide becoming legalized?

Essay Topic 3

What do the stories say about life in northern England in pre-war Britain? How does northern England differ from southern England? What conflicts are there between the two areas and why?

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