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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Renton inject into his penis in Cock Problems?
(a) He has been dared to.
(b) It gets one high faster.
(c) It kills his sex drive.
(d) He cannot find a vein elsewhere.

2. What playwright does Renton talk to the English girls in In Overdrive about?
(a) Brecht.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Ibsen.
(d) Beckett.

3. Why does Renton get a rented room in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) He is having an affair with a man.
(b) The rent is going up at his other room.
(c) Other junkies cannot find him.
(d) He wants to try out a new neighborhood.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Renton reflect on at the end of Junk Dilemma No. 63?

2. Why does Renton not answer the door in Junk Dilemmas No. 64?

3. At the beginning of The Skag Boys, What does Mark Renton want to do instead of get high with Sick Boy?

4. How is Billy connected to the character's in previous chapters?

5. Why can Davie not remember where he is at the beginning of Traditional English Breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the mates decide to go to the Meadows?

2. How do the junkies react to the tragedy that occurs in It Goes Without Saying?

3. What sadistic joke does Johnny Swan play in The Skag Boys?

4. How does Begbie respond to the groups when they don't want to rob a tourist?

5. How does Spud get in a brawl in Na Na and Other Nazis?

6. What strange occurrence happens at the wake in Growing Up in Public?

7. How does Sick Boy dictate activities in The Skag Boys?

8. How do Renton and Sick Boy pick up girls in In Overdrive?

9. How do Begbie and Renton pass the time on the train in Inner Shitty?

10. Describe the activities of the gang in Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine.

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