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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. Which of the mates arrives late for the bus to London in Station to Station?
(a) Sick Boy.
(b) Renton.
(c) Begbie.
(d) Spud.

2. How is Billy killed in Bang to Rites?
(a) A mugging gone wrong.
(b) A sudden aneurysm.
(c) A traffic accident.
(d) An IRA bomb.

3. Who does not come back for Matty's funeral?
(a) Sick Boy.
(b) Begbie.
(c) Renton.
(d) Stevie.

4. What lie does Davie tell Venters before killing him in Bad Blood?
(a) That he is sleeping with Frances.
(b) That he killed Kevin.
(c) That he does not have AIDS.
(d) That Donna loved him.

5. Where do Sharon and Renton have sex in Bang to Rites?
(a) Renton's room.
(b) A bathroom.
(c) Billy's old room.
(d) The back garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which relative of Spud's interrupts the celebration in Courting Disaster?

2. As he slips in and out of consciousness in this chapter, what does Renton fear he might accidentally do?

3. What game is being played at the pub that Renton and his parents attend near the end of this chapter?

4. What is Gi doing to Renton when the latter wakes up in London crying?

5. In Courting Disaster, what does Sick Boy reveal he is doing for money now?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Renton end up in an all-night porno theater in London Crawling?

2. Describe Sick Boy's escapade in Deid Dugs.

3. How does the drug deal in Station to Station go down?

4. Describe the interchange Renton has with an old schoolmate at the end of this chapter.

5. What demand does Renton's father make of Renton on his second day in bed?

6. What surprise does Renton have when he wakes up in Gi's flat?

7. How does Renton feel about ripping off his mates at the end of the novel?

8. What hallucinations does Renton have as he slips in and out of consciousness?

9. How does the morning of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out end?

10. How does the trial of Courting Disaster turn out for Renton and Spud?

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