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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. How is Spud related to Dode?
(a) Dode is his grandfather.
(b) Dode is his uncle.
(c) Dode is his brother.
(d) Dode is his cousin.

2. Describe Renton's relationship with Hazel.
(a) She is his NA sponsor.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They occasionally have sex.
(d) They were once engaged.

3. In It Goes Without Saying, who does Renton figure out is Dawn's father?
(a) Swan.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Stevie.
(d) Himself.

4. What bad news does Tommy bring in Cock Problems?
(a) His brother has died.
(b) He has chlamydia.
(c) Lizzy broke up with him.
(d) The Hibs have lost again.

5. When is the only time that Spud drinks with Matty?
(a) When they are in a group.
(b) When he is high.
(c) When there is a Hibs game.
(d) When Sick Boy is around.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine, when does the group decide they will talk to Fiona?

2. How does Begbie want to do at the beginning of the chapter?

3. Where does Fiona go at the end of Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine?

4. What is different about the narrative voice in Growing Up in Public from previous chapters?

5. About what does Sick Boy constantly brag as the boys arrive at a club?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what state is Renton at the beginning of the chapter?

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

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

4. Describe the incident in The Glass.

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

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

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

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

9. How does Renton meet Dianne?

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

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