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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What bad news does Tommy bring in Cock Problems?
(a) Lizzy broke up with him.
(b) The Hibs have lost again.
(c) His brother has died.
(d) He has chlamydia.

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

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

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

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

8. Who punches Stevie at the end of Victory on New Year's Day?
(a) Begbie.
(b) A Hearts fan.
(c) Stella.
(d) Renton.

9. Which character is not initially with the group in this chapter?
(a) Stevie.
(b) Spud.
(c) Sick Boy.
(d) Begbie.

10. What does Begbie think about Renton's health in Inner Shitty?
(a) Renton is going through withdrawal.
(b) Renton is clean and sober.
(c) Renton is on skag again.
(d) Renton has traded heroin for cocaine.

11. Which two characters hit on the girls in this chapter?
(a) Begbie and Sick Boy.
(b) Renton and Matty.
(c) Renton and Sick Boy.
(d) Spud and Matty.

12. At the end of The Glass, Renton reflects that he spent much of his childhood doing what?
(a) Repaying Begbie for an unknown favor.
(b) Trying to get Begbie to stop drinking.
(c) Trying to get away from Begbie.
(d) Trying to convince his friends that Begbie was alright.

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

14. In It Goes Without Saying, who thinks the group should leave the flat?
(a) Matty.
(b) Renton.
(c) Sick Boy.
(d) Spud.

15. With whom does Sick Boy have sex in The Skag Boys?
(a) Swan.
(b) Alison.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Kelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Renton offer the next morning for sleeping in Dianne's flat?

2. Whose house is Davie in in Traditional English Breakfast?

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

4. What is not among the alcoholic supplies that Begbie and Renton pick up for their trip?

5. What performer's concert has Tommy bought tickets to in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?

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