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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 is Dianne doing when Renton notices her in this chapter?
(a) Dancing with her girlfriends.
(b) Sleeping in a booth.
(c) Rejecting a slimy guy.
(d) Trying to hail a taxi.

2. What substance does Mike Forrester give Renton instead of smack in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) Opium suppositories.
(b) Off-brand methadone.
(c) A can of Blackthorn.
(d) Overly-cut blow.

3. Who in the group decides he wants to harass Begbie in this Chapter?
(a) Matty.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Spud.
(d) Renton.

4. What does Stevie tell Stella before leaving for Edinburgh in Victory on New Year's Day?
(a) They should see other people.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He is HIV positive.
(d) He is gay.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What source of income are Spud and Renton trying to protect in Speedy Recruitment?

4. Describe Renton's relationship with Hazel.

5. Why does Renton inject into his penis in Cock Problems?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the incident in The Glass.

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

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

5. What do all of the Junk Dilemmas have in common?

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

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

8. How does Renton meet Dianne?

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

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

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