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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Matty's brother want to kill in Memories of Matty?
(a) Matty.
(b) The priest.
(c) The junkies.
(d) Matty's wife.

2. In his scam in A Scottish Soldier, a veteran of what war does Swan pretend to be?
(a) Korea.
(b) Falklands.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Vietnam.

3. What is Spud thinking about at the beginning of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?
(a) When he will next have sex.
(b) Where Sick Boy is.
(c) How his uncle is doing in hospital.
(d) If he can get through the day without a hit.

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

5. What does Sick Boy shoot with his air rifle in Deid Dugs?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A skin head.
(c) A pit bull.
(d) His foot.

6. In the midst of his nausea, whom does Renton think may have secretly loved him?
(a) Billy.
(b) His mother.
(c) Spud.
(d) Hazel.

7. Where does Renton recall OD'ing at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Spud's parents's.
(b) Tommy's.
(c) The toilet of his local pub.
(d) Mother Superior's.

8. What injury did Spud suffer in his liaison with Laura McEwan?
(a) A concussion.
(b) A broken wrist.
(c) A turned ankle.
(d) A bruised testicle.

9. Why is Gilbert unworried by the mates in Station to Station?
(a) He knows the dope is weak.
(b) He knows they are unarmed.
(c) He knows they are nonprofessionals.
(d) He knows that don't know London prices.

10. Where does Sick Boy tell Renton he will be traveling soon?
(a) Algeria.
(b) The US.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

11. What is Gi doing to Renton when the latter wakes up in London crying?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Masturbating.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Crying.

12. Who does not come back for Matty's funeral?
(a) Sick Boy.
(b) Renton.
(c) Stevie.
(d) Begbie.

13. What narcotic mixture does Renton refuse in Straight Dilemmas No. 1?
(a) Crack and hash.
(b) PCP and acid.
(c) Heroin and cocaine.
(d) Pot and opium.

14. Who do Alison and Kelly heckle in Feeling Free?
(a) Begbie.
(b) A groups of construction workers.
(c) A homeless woman.
(d) Renton.

15. Which character below is not involved in Begbie's deal in Station to Station?
(a) Stevie.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Second Prize.
(d) Spud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift did Matty try to give his estranged child?

2. In Courting Disaster, Renton claims to have a passion for what philosopher?

3. Who unknowingly infected Davie with HIV?

4. Which girl is Renton chatting up at the beginning of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?

5. What does Renton give Tommy at the end of Winter in West Granton?

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