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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 the specific cause of Matty's death?
(a) An embolism.
(b) A stroke.
(c) Starvation.
(d) A gangrenous wound.

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

3. What is Spud thinking about at the beginning of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?
(a) How his uncle is doing in hospital.
(b) Where Sick Boy is.
(c) When he will next have sex.
(d) If he can get through the day without a hit.

4. Which relative of Spud's interrupts the celebration in Courting Disaster?
(a) Na Na.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) Uncle Dode.

5. Who explains to Renton that he is quitting cold turkey in this chapter?
(a) His mother.
(b) Billy.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Sick Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury did Spud suffer in his liaison with Laura McEwan?

2. Why do the women in Feeling Free decide Renton is not that bad at the end of the chapter?

3. How is Billy killed in Bang to Rites?

4. In Trainspotting at Leith Central Station, who does Begbie announce has AIDS?

5. What does Renton give Tommy at the end of Winter in West Granton?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alison and Kelly bond with two lesbians in Feeling Free?

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

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

4. Why does Begbie become enraged in Trainspotting at Leith Central Station?

5. What uncharacteristic moment occurs with Renton in Straight Dilemmas No. 1?

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

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

8. What precautions does Begbie take after the job in Easy Money for the Professionals?

9. How does Davie take revenge on Alan Venters in Bad Blood?

10. What does Renton find at Johnny Swan's in A Leg-Over Situation?

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