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

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) She is attracted to her uncle.
(c) Her period starts.
(d) She has a narcoleptic fit.

2. Who throws the glass in The Glass?
(a) June.
(b) Begbie.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Renton.

3. Why does Na Na get into trouble at her flat?
(a) She makes passes at men.
(b) She spits at loiterers.
(c) She steals neighbors' flowers.
(d) She sells her medication.

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

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

6. What does Renton promise Spud at the end of this chapter?
(a) He won't let Spud do heroin again.
(b) He will pay Spud back the money he owes.
(c) They will go to London together.
(d) They will always be best mates.

7. Why can Gav and Tommy not enjoy their drink in Her Man?
(a) Tommy keeps falling asleep.
(b) Spud is bugging them for cash.
(c) The barman is mocking Gav's haircut.
(d) A man nearby is beating his wife.

8. Describe Renton's relationship with Hazel.
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They were once engaged.
(c) They occasionally have sex.
(d) She is his NA sponsor.

9. What does Renton have to convince a pub owner of to use a toilet in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) He is a Hibs fan.
(b) He is not going to do drugs.
(c) He is not with the health board.
(d) He is not a tourist.

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

11. What bad decision does Tommy make at the end of Cock Problems?
(a) He goes out with Begbie.
(b) He drunk-dials Lizzy.
(c) He shoots heroin.
(d) He punches Renton.

12. Who goes along with Begbie in this chapter?
(a) Spud.
(b) Matty.
(c) Renton.
(d) Sick Boy.

13. What performer's concert has Tommy bought tickets to in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?
(a) The Clash.
(b) The Stone Roses.
(c) Iggy Pop.
(d) David Bowie.

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

15. How is Billy connected to the character's in previous chapters?
(a) He is Renton's brother.
(b) He is Begbie's nephew.
(c) He is Spud's father.
(d) He is Tommy's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In It Goes Without Saying, who does Renton figure out is Dawn's father?

3. What drug does the group do after Begbie leaves?

4. What animal does Renton joke about killing in this chapter?

5. What does Begbie think about Renton's health in Inner Shitty?

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