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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is getting a cab to Swannie's a difficulty in The Skag Boys?
(a) Neither Renton or Sick Boy have any money.
(b) Some yuppies want the cab.
(c) The cabbie does not want to pick up junkies.
(d) It is raining and all the cabs are taken.

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

3. Where do Dianne and Renton go after leaving her parent's flat?
(a) A music store.
(b) Her school.
(c) His flat.
(d) A diner.

4. Where does Stevie currently live?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Glasgow.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

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

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

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

8. What substance have all the mates ingested at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Amphetamines.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Acid.

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

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

11. What does Renton almost do by mistake in his interview in Speedy Recruitment?
(a) Fall asleep.
(b) Get hired.
(c) Curse at the interviewer.
(d) Urinate on himself.

12. Where is Renton's brother serving his military tour?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Seoul.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Ulster.

13. What is different about the narrative voice in Growing Up in Public from previous chapters?
(a) It is in present tense.
(b) It is in Spanish.
(c) It is Sick Boy's point-of-view.
(d) It is in the third person.

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

15. How does Begbie want to do at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Rob tourists.
(b) Sneak into a football match.
(c) Have a quiet drink.
(d) Pick up a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sadistic thing does Swan do in The Skag Boys?

2. What substance do Renton and Spud do to prepare for their interviews?

3. Who tries to take the bedding away from Davie in Traditional English Breakfast?

4. What does Stevie tell Stella before leaving for Edinburgh in Victory on New Year's Day?

5. Why can Davie not remember where he is at the beginning of Traditional English Breakfast?

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