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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 does Begbie do in this chapter when his mates don't want to go along with his plan?
(a) He sulks silently.
(b) He walks away.
(c) He verbally abuses them.
(d) He punches Spud.

2. Why is Tommy's concert purchase a poor decision in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?
(a) Tommy is in debt.
(b) The concert is on his girlfriend's birthday.
(c) Tommy has to skip work to go to the concert.
(d) The concert promoter has a grudge against him.

3. Which two characters hit on the girls in this chapter?
(a) Begbie and Sick Boy.
(b) Renton and Sick Boy.
(c) Spud and Matty.
(d) Renton and Matty.

4. Where is Renton's brother serving his military tour?
(a) Ulster.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Seoul.

5. In Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine, when does the group decide they will talk to Fiona?
(a) In a month's time.
(b) After Granty's funeral.
(c) Never.
(d) Immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Begbie think about Renton's health in Inner Shitty?

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

3. How is Spud related to Dode?

4. Why is getting a cab to Swannie's a difficulty in The Skag Boys?

5. Why does Begbie berate Stevie in Victory on New Year's Day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Tommy worried about his girlfriend in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?

4. How is Spud's life since coming off heroin?

5. How does Renton almost lose his opium suppositories in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?

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

7. How does Renton meet Dianne?

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

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

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

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