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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 always be best mates.
(d) They will go to London together.

2. What sadistic thing does Swan do in The Skag Boys?
(a) Hold a knife to Sick Boy's neck.
(b) Imply he is out of heroin,
(c) Threatens to make the boys share a needle.
(d) Has sex with Renton's girlfriend.

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Renton's sex drive higher than normal in this chapter?
(a) He has not been to a club in months.
(b) He has taken a mysterious eastern herb.
(c) He is off heroin.
(d) He almost had sex earlier in the day.

8. Why does Uncle Boab's corpse sweat in Growing Up in Public?
(a) He has been on steroids for months.
(b) He is in the same room with a naked woman.
(c) His fever is breaking after death.
(d) His electric blanket is still on.

9. Who is not present with Renton at the club at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Davie.
(b) Spud.
(c) Begbie.
(d) Sick Boy.

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

11. In It Goes Without Saying, who does Renton figure out is Dawn's father?
(a) Himself.
(b) Stevie.
(c) Swan.
(d) Sick Boy.

12. In this chapter, Renton says nights like this make him want what?
(a) To sleep with his ex.
(b) To leave Leith forever.
(c) A hit of smack.
(d) To commit suicide.

13. What does Renton hear as he wakes up in It Goes Without Saying?
(a) Crying.
(b) Iggy Pop.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Laughing.

14. Where is the group in Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine when they learn that Granty is dead?
(a) A park.
(b) A gambling club.
(c) Billy's flat.
(d) A pub.

15. About what does Sick Boy constantly brag as the boys arrive at a club?
(a) His superior knowledge of Scottish history.
(b) The size of his penis.
(c) A series of investments that have paid off.
(d) A threesome he has been part of.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Renton suspect is knocking at his door in Cock Problems?

2. Where is Renton's brother serving his military tour?

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

4. What about Dianne does Renton immediately dislike?

5. How is Billy connected to the character's in previous chapters?

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