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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Kicking: It Goes Without Saying, Junk Dilemmas No. 64, Her Man, Speedy Recruitment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What playwright does Renton talk to the English girls in In Overdrive about?
(a) Beckett.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Ibsen.
(d) Brecht.

2. What happens to Nina that she is unprepared for in Growing Up in Public?
(a) Her period starts.
(b) She has a narcoleptic fit.
(c) She needs to score smack.
(d) She is attracted to her uncle.

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

4. In Victory on New Year's Day, who is soon coming to stay at Stevie's flat?
(a) Nina.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Enton.
(d) Begbie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Renton not answer the door in Junk Dilemmas No. 64?

2. How does Tommy react to the row at the nearby table in Her Man?

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

4. What does Renton almost do by mistake in his interview in Speedy Recruitment?

5. At the beginning of The Skag Boys, What does Mark Renton want to do instead of get high with Sick Boy?

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