Question

Based on the excerpt from Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch, which sentence best describes the role of football in the author's relationship with his father ?

A). football broughts a sense of routine to the time the narrator and his father spent together.

B). football allowed the narrator to spend quality time with his little sister.

C). football was the narrator to spend quality time wither his father shared.

D). football allowed the narrator and his father to reconnect after his parents' divorce.

E). football provided a way for the narrator's father to come between the narrator and his mother.

Answer 1

D football allowed the narrator and his father to reconnect after their divorce

Answer 2

Nick Hornby is the author of the autobiographic essay "Fever Pitch", is was first published in 1992, and it is Hornby's first novel. It tells the story of the author's relationship with football and with Arsenal Football Club, in particular. It consists of several chapters in a well defined chronological order, from the time the author first became a football fan as a child until his early thirties. Each chapter is based on a football match that he remembers watching, mostly but not all at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. The story is related to the events that were going on with his life. As well as recounting Arsenal's highs and lows, Hornby talks about other football clubs that played in London.

The sentence best describes the role of football in the author's relationship with his father is:

D). football allowed the narrator and his father to reconnect after his parents' divorce.

Here we have a quotation to support the answer:

"His father takes Nick to his first Arsenal game as a way to bond after leaving Nick's mother for another woman"