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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. Why do the women in Feeling Free decide Renton is not that bad at the end of the chapter?
(a) He leaves them alone.
(b) He wishes Alison happy birthday.
(c) He brings hash over.
(d) He likes Iggy Pop.

2. Who plays a joke on Kelly in The Elusive Mr. Hunt?
(a) Begbie.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Sick Boy.
(d) Alison.

3. In Courting Disaster, what does Sick Boy reveal he is doing for money now?
(a) Having sex with old men.
(b) Stealing ID-cards.
(c) Selling drugs.
(d) Pimping.

4. Which character below is not involved in Begbie's deal in Station to Station?
(a) Second Prize.
(b) Sick Boy.
(c) Stevie.
(d) Spud.

5. What does Renton inwardly accuse his father of being at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Illiterate and anti-intellectual.
(b) A depressive repressed homosexual.
(c) Cold and unfeeling.
(d) Conservative and self-pitying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all the users and former users talk about before the funeral in Memories of Matty?

2. What lie does Davie tell Venters before killing him in Bad Blood?

3. In Courting Disaster, why does Billy want to stay close to his wife?

4. At the end of Searching for the Inner Man, what does Renton decide his central belief is?

5. What is Spud thinking about at the beginning of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Renton and Sharon's relationship change in Bang to Rites?

5. How does Matty die?

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

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

8. Why does Renton feel bad at the end of The Elusive Mr. Hunt?

9. How does Kelly take revenge on some business men in Eating Out?

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

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