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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. What substance do Renton and Spud do to prepare for their interviews?
(a) Quaaludes
(b) Heroin.
(c) Speed.
(d) LSD.

2. What happened the last time Begbie started a fight?
(a) He made friends with the man after.
(b) He nearly killed a man.
(c) He was beaten.
(d) He was arrested.

3. Why does Na Na get into trouble at her flat?
(a) She steals neighbors' flowers.
(b) She spits at loiterers.
(c) She makes passes at men.
(d) She sells her medication.

4. What performer's concert has Tommy bought tickets to in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?
(a) The Clash.
(b) David Bowie.
(c) Iggy Pop.
(d) The Stone Roses.

5. Which character is not initially with the group in this chapter?
(a) Stevie.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Spud.
(d) Begbie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practical joke does Begbie play on Renton in Inner Shitty?

2. Whose point-of-view is this chapter from?

3. What does Renton hear as he wakes up in It Goes Without Saying?

4. What sadistic thing does Swan do in The Skag Boys?

5. Why does Uncle Boab's corpse sweat in Growing Up in Public?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Renton slowly realize has happened at the beginning of It Goes Without Saying?

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

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

4. Why are the mates made anxious by Begbie's plans for this chapter?

5. How does Renton play his interviewer in Speedy Recruitment?

6. What happens to the communal pot in Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine?

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

8. How does Tommy fall into the heroin lifestyle in Cock Problems?

9. How does Renton meet Dianne?

10. How does Davie ruin breakfast in Traditional English Breakfast?

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