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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where are the female tourists who sit with Begbie and Renton on the train in Inner Shitty?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Canada.

2. What does Dianne do immediately after she and Renton have sex in this chapter?
(a) Throw him out of the flat.
(b) Tell him to sleep in the couch.
(c) Insist they do it again.
(d) Say she loves him.

3. In It Goes Without Saying, who thinks the group should leave the flat?
(a) Spud.
(b) Matty.
(c) Sick Boy.
(d) Renton.

4. Why are Temps and Tommy surprised during the row in Her Man?
(a) The abused woman attacks Tommy.
(b) The rest of the pub joins in.
(c) The lowlife begins to cry.
(d) Ho one breaks it up.

5. Who does Renton suspect is knocking at his door in Cock Problems?
(a) Sick Boy.
(b) His mother.
(c) His landlord's son.
(d) Stevie.

6. Which two characters hit on the girls in this chapter?
(a) Renton and Sick Boy.
(b) Renton and Matty.
(c) Begbie and Sick Boy.
(d) Spud and Matty.

7. Who in the group decides he wants to harass Begbie in this Chapter?
(a) Matty.
(b) Spud.
(c) Sick Boy.
(d) Renton.

8. What is not among the alcoholic supplies that Begbie and Renton pick up for their trip?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rum.

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

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

11. At the end of The Glass, Renton reflects that he spent much of his childhood doing what?
(a) Trying to get away from Begbie.
(b) Trying to get Begbie to stop drinking.
(c) Repaying Begbie for an unknown favor.
(d) Trying to convince his friends that Begbie was alright.

12. What does Stevie tell Stella before leaving for Edinburgh in Victory on New Year's Day?
(a) He is gay.
(b) They should see other people.
(c) He is HIV positive.
(d) He loves her.

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

14. Who strikes the first blow in the brawl in Na Na and Other Nazis?
(a) The bigest skinhead.
(b) Spud.
(c) The youngest skinhead.
(d) Dode.

15. Speaking to Dianne's parent in this chapter, Renton says he works for what?
(a) The government.
(b) Barclay's.
(c) A local grocer.
(d) His parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Billy reveal about Jackie at the end of Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine?

2. Why is Begbie disappointed in A Disappointed?

3. Who throws the glass in The Glass?

4. What happens to Nina that she is unprepared for in Growing Up in Public?

5. What does Renton have to convince a pub owner of to use a toilet in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?

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