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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Relapsing: Traditional English Breakfast, Junk Dilemmas No. 65, Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Begbie berate Stevie in Victory on New Year's Day?
(a) He won't do a shot.
(b) He is being sullen.
(c) He left the neighborhood.
(d) She is not a Hearts fan.

2. At the beginning of The Skag Boys, What does Mark Renton want to do instead of get high with Sick Boy?
(a) Finish a Van Damme video.
(b) Visit his on-again-off-again girlfriend.
(c) Get a pint at the corner.
(d) Beat up some Festival tourists.

3. Why is Sick Boy annoyed by Renton in In Overdrive?
(a) Renton is off smack.
(b) Renton has told him he is bisexual.
(c) Renton does not want to pick up women.
(d) Renton thinks Roger Moore is the best Bond.

4. How does Nina respond to the commotion at the end of Growing Up in Public?
(a) She kisses her cousin Renton.
(b) She fals asleep.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She weeps bitterly.

5. What sadistic thing does Swan do in The Skag Boys?
(a) Hold a knife to Sick Boy's neck.
(b) Imply he is out of heroin,
(c) Threatens to make the boys share a needle.
(d) Has sex with Renton's girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Begbie disappointed in A Disappointed?

2. In Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine, when does the group decide they will talk to Fiona?

3. What playwright does Renton talk to the English girls in In Overdrive about?

4. What bad news does Tommy bring in Cock Problems?

5. What does Renton reflect on at the end of Junk Dilemma No. 63?

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