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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. Speaking to Dianne's parent in this chapter, Renton says he works for what?
(a) A local grocer.
(b) The government.
(c) His parents.
(d) Barclay's.

2. In Victory on New Year's Day, who is soon coming to stay at Stevie's flat?
(a) Begbie.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Nina.
(d) Enton.

3. Why can Davie not remember where he is at the beginning of Traditional English Breakfast?
(a) He was drugged.
(b) He has been in a coma.
(c) He is hung over.
(d) He has a memory disorder.

4. Why does Begbie punch June in Inner Shitty?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She threatens to phone the police.
(c) She is asking him too many questions.
(d) She insults his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Begbie do in this chapter when his mates don't want to go along with his plan?

3. Where is Renton's brother serving his military tour?

4. How does the group in Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine accumulate its communal pot?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Renton discover the morning after having sex with Dianne?

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

3. How do Spud and Renton commiserate at the club?

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Stevie sad on New Years?

9. How does Renton meet Dianne?

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

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