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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Billy killed in Bang to Rites?
(a) A traffic accident.
(b) A mugging gone wrong.
(c) An IRA bomb.
(d) A sudden aneurysm.

2. In addition to Renton's father, who is appraising Renton severely in Bang to Rites?
(a) His mother.
(b) Uncle Charlie.
(c) Sharon.
(d) The priest.

3. Which relative of Spud's interrupts the celebration in Courting Disaster?
(a) His brother.
(b) Na Na.
(c) His mother.
(d) Uncle Dode.

4. Why do the women in Feeling Free decide Renton is not that bad at the end of the chapter?
(a) He wishes Alison happy birthday.
(b) He leaves them alone.
(c) He likes Iggy Pop.
(d) He brings hash over.

5. Where is Gi from originally?
(a) Italy.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

6. Why is Kelly angry at Allison at the beginning of Feeling Free?
(a) Alison does not think Kelly can finish university.
(b) Alison is pregnant again.
(c) Alison is back on heroin.
(d) Alison is criticizing Renton.

7. In Bang to Rites, who does Renton decide is most responsible for Billy's death?
(a) No one.
(b) The upper classes.
(c) Billy's wife.
(d) Irish Nationals.

8. What does Renton give Tommy at the end of Winter in West Granton?
(a) A fresh syringe.
(b) A bottle of Boddingtons.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) Money.

9. Where are the two lesbians in Feeling Free from?
(a) Australia.
(b) India.
(c) South Africa.
(d) The Falklands.

10. In Bang to Rites, what does Renton's father warn Renton not to do?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Hit on his cousin.
(c) Speak at the wake.
(d) Start a fight.

11. In Trainspotting at Leith Central Station, who does Begbie announce has AIDS?
(a) His girl.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Kelly.

12. With whom does Renton crash when he comes to Scotland for Matty's funeral in A Present?
(a) Davie.
(b) Gav.
(c) Sick Boy.
(d) Kelly.

13. At the end of Searching for the Inner Man, what does Renton decide his central belief is?
(a) Death is life's greatest gift.
(b) Friends are useless.
(c) Life never gets better.
(d) Love is unattainable.

14. In Courting Disaster, what does Sick Boy reveal he is doing for money now?
(a) Pimping.
(b) Having sex with old men.
(c) Selling drugs.
(d) Stealing ID-cards.

15. Who was Gi sleeping with when his wife discovered he was gay?
(a) A male prostitute.
(b) His brother-in-law.
(c) A family friend.
(d) His local priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Renton imagine on the television discussing HIV?

2. Who helps Begbie with is drug deal in Easy Money for the Professionals?

3. What lie does Davie tell Venters before killing him in Bad Blood?

4. Who plays a joke on Kelly in The Elusive Mr. Hunt?

5. Why can Renton not enter his friend's flat in London Crawling?

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