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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What topic do Renton and Begbie argue about at the end of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?
(a) Rugby defense.
(b) Addiction.
(c) Vegetarianism.
(d) Irish nationalism.

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

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

7. What lie does Davie tell Venters before killing him in Bad Blood?
(a) That Donna loved him.
(b) That he is sleeping with Frances.
(c) That he killed Kevin.
(d) That he does not have AIDS.

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

9. What is the specific cause of Matty's death?
(a) An embolism.
(b) A stroke.
(c) Starvation.
(d) A gangrenous wound.

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

11. What do all the users and former users talk about before the funeral in Memories of Matty?
(a) The Hibs.
(b) The best spots to score.
(c) Matty's trust fund.
(d) Getting clean.

12. What pounces on Renton in a hallucination in this chapter?
(a) A rabid dog.
(b) An animated needle.
(c) A feral Begbie.
(d) Baby Dawn.

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

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

15. Who does Renton imagine on the television discussing HIV?
(a) His father.
(b) Dianne.
(c) Billy.
(d) Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Renton describe his brother in the wake?

2. In Junk Dilemmas No. 67, Dennis Ross OD'ed on a mixture of heroin and what?

3. What does Renton do with the drunk Second Prize in Trainspotting at Leith Central Station?

4. To what does Dr. Forbes connect Renton's heroin use in Searching for the Inner Man?

5. At the end of Searching for the Inner Man, what does Renton decide his central belief is?

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