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

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

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

4. What information does Billy reveal about Jackie at the end of Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine?
(a) He has cleared his bank account.
(b) He is sleeping with Fiona.
(c) He is not from Leith.
(d) He is the executor of Granty's estate.

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

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

7. Why does Begbie berate Stevie in Victory on New Year's Day?
(a) He is being sullen.
(b) He won't do a shot.
(c) He left the neighborhood.
(d) She is not a Hearts fan.

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

9. Why does Renton get a rented room in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) The rent is going up at his other room.
(b) He wants to try out a new neighborhood.
(c) He is having an affair with a man.
(d) Other junkies cannot find him.

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

11. What reason does Renton offer the next morning for sleeping in Dianne's flat?
(a) He is her cousin from out of town.
(b) He felt ill the night before.
(c) He fell asleep in the taxi they shared.
(d) He lost the key to his flat.

12. Why specifically is Renton miserable in Junk Dilemma No. 65?
(a) Hazel has left him.
(b) He is cold.
(c) He has urinated on himself.
(d) He is drug-sick.

13. In Junk Dilemmas No. 64, who is knocking on Renton's door as he reels, following a hit?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) His mother.
(d) Lesley.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Renton inject into his penis in Cock Problems?

3. Who strikes the first blow in the brawl in Na Na and Other Nazis?

4. Why does Begbie punch June in Inner Shitty?

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

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