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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. What bad news does Tommy bring in Cock Problems?
(a) Lizzy broke up with him.
(b) His brother has died.
(c) The Hibs have lost again.
(d) He has chlamydia.

2. What does Renton hear as he wakes up in It Goes Without Saying?
(a) Crying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Iggy Pop.
(d) Screaming.

3. In Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine, when does the group decide they will talk to Fiona?
(a) Never.
(b) In a month's time.
(c) After Granty's funeral.
(d) Immediately.

4. Why is Tommy's concert purchase a poor decision in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?
(a) Tommy is in debt.
(b) The concert promoter has a grudge against him.
(c) Tommy has to skip work to go to the concert.
(d) The concert is on his girlfriend's birthday.

5. Why does Renton get a rented room in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) He is having an affair with a man.
(b) He wants to try out a new neighborhood.
(c) Other junkies cannot find him.
(d) The rent is going up at his other room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the narrative voice in Growing Up in Public from previous chapters?

2. Why specifically is Renton miserable in Junk Dilemma No. 65?

3. What performer's concert has Tommy bought tickets to in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?

4. How is Billy connected to the character's in previous chapters?

5. What does Stevie tell Stella before leaving for Edinburgh in Victory on New Year's Day?

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