View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Begbie do in this chapter when his mates don't want to go along with his plan?
(a) He verbally abuses them.
(b) He sulks silently.
(c) He punches Spud.
(d) He walks away.

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

4. What is Dianne doing when Renton notices her in this chapter?
(a) Rejecting a slimy guy.
(b) Trying to hail a taxi.
(c) Sleeping in a booth.
(d) Dancing with her girlfriends.

5. Why does Renton inject into his penis in Cock Problems?
(a) He has been dared to.
(b) It kills his sex drive.
(c) It gets one high faster.
(d) He cannot find a vein elsewhere.

6. What about Dianne does Renton immediately dislike?
(a) Her dress.
(b) Her breath.
(c) Her views on Northern Ireland.
(d) Her music taste.

7. From whom does Tommy borrow money in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?
(a) Renton.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His parents.
(d) Swan.

8. What substance are Mike Forester and his mates sharing in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Oxycontin.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Speed.

9. How does Tommy react to the row at the nearby table in Her Man?
(a) He attacks the man.
(b) He talks the couple down.
(c) He slaps the woman.
(d) He storms out of the bar.

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

11. What practical joke does Begbie play on Renton in Inner Shitty?
(a) He tells the girls by them that Renton is gay.
(b) He draws on Renton's face while he's passed out.
(c) He punches Renton in the testicles as he goes to the toilet.
(d) He urinates in Renton's beer.

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

13. Who tries to take the bedding away from Davie in Traditional English Breakfast?
(a) Gail.
(b) His father.
(c) The chambermaid.
(d) Gail's mom.

14. How does the group in Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine accumulate its communal pot?
(a) They do odd jobs.
(b) They wager on fights.
(c) They play the ponies.
(d) They play casino poker.

15. In Junk Dilemma No. 63, to what does Renton compare his heroin high?
(a) A great movie.
(b) A sea.
(c) Sex.
(d) A roller coaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Renton's sex drive higher than normal in this chapter?

2. Why is Sick Boy annoyed by Renton in In Overdrive?

3. In It Goes Without Saying, who thinks the group should leave the flat?

4. Where does Fiona go at the end of Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine?

5. In The Glass, Renton expresses disgust at what group?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 542 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample