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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Relapsing: Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense, The Glass, A Disappointment, Cock Problems.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What substance do Renton and Spud do to prepare for their interviews?
(a) Speed.
(b) LSD.
(c) Quaaludes
(d) Heroin.

3. Why is Begbie disappointed in A Disappointed?
(a) He misses a pub brawl.
(b) He loses a fight.
(c) He leaves a pub as a brawl begins.
(d) He cannot start a fight.

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

5. What resolution does Renton make in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) He will get his own stash to sell.
(b) He will get a job.
(c) He will give up junk.
(d) He will find a girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Renton get a rented room in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?

2. In Victory on New Year's Day, who is soon coming to stay at Stevie's flat?

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

4. What does Renton hear as he wakes up in It Goes Without Saying?

5. Why can Gav and Tommy not enjoy their drink in Her Man?

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