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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Renton headed at the end of the novel?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Capetown.
(c) New York.
(d) Tokyo.

2. Who helps Begbie with is drug deal in Easy Money for the Professionals?
(a) Renton.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Spud.
(d) Gav.

3. In Junk Dilemmas No. 67, Dennis Ross OD'ed on a mixture of heroin and what?
(a) Meth.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Novocaine.

4. How is Nina dressed at the cemetery?
(a) In a black pants-suit.
(b) In a military outfit.
(c) In goth attire.
(d) In white.

5. What gift did Matty try to give his estranged child?
(a) A tricycle.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A tea set.
(d) An atari.

6. To what does Dr. Forbes connect Renton's heroin use in Searching for the Inner Man?
(a) He physical abuse from his father.
(b) His first major breakup.
(c) His brother Davie's death.
(d) His dropping out of school.

7. Who is the drunk in Trainspotting at Leith Central Station?
(a) Sick Boy.
(b) Renton's Catholic uncle.
(c) Stevie.
(d) Begbie's father.

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

9. What did Billy and Mark most often fight over?
(a) Renton's addictive disposition.
(b) What to watch on television.
(c) Politics.
(d) Hibs-Hearts rivalry.

10. In Courting Disaster, Renton claims to have a passion for what philosopher?
(a) Mill.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Plato.
(d) Kierkegaard.

11. Why is Renton mortified by his mother in Courting Disaster?
(a) She insists he drink only soda.
(b) She tells stories of his babyhood.
(c) She keeps crying.
(d) She gets incredibly drunk.

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

13. Which of the mates arrives late for the bus to London in Station to Station?
(a) Renton.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Begbie.
(d) Spud.

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

15. At the beginning of Courting Disaster, Renton and Spud have been arrested stealing what?
(a) Prime rib.
(b) Toasters.
(c) Books.
(d) Records.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the bar at the end of this chapter, what test does Renton's father give him?

3. In Trainspotting at Leith Central Station, who does Begbie announce has AIDS?

4. Why is Gilbert unworried by the mates in Station to Station?

5. Why do the women in Feeling Free decide Renton is not that bad at the end of the chapter?

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