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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arbitrary though does Spud have during the funeral in Memories of Matty?

2. Who plays a joke on Kelly in The Elusive Mr. Hunt?

3. Where is Renton headed at the end of the novel?

4. In addition to Renton's father, who is appraising Renton severely in Bang to Rites?

5. What does Davie falsely admit in Bad Blood to bond with Venters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Spud's ill-fated night with Laura McEwan.

5. How does Renton interact with his relatives at Billy's wake?

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

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

8. What does Renton learn about Sick Boy in the celebration in Courting Disaster?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters of Trainspotting are deeply complex. They are capable of horrid actions and desirous of profound love and happiness. Write a three-part essay about three such characters. What hurtful or careless actions does each perpetrate? How does he or she show empathy or love through the novel? Does this person find happiness in the end?

Part 1) Kelly

Part 2) Davie

Part 3) Spud

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the character of Tommy. To what extent is he the most sadly innocent of the central figures in Trainspotting? What are his drugs of choice at the beginning of the novel? What does he want from life, and how does this lead him to heroin? Discuss the extent to which Tommy' story is the most cautionary of those regarding the consequences of drug use.

Essay Topic 3

Undoubtedly, the two most unappealing characters of Trainspotting are Begbie and Sick Boy> Write an essay about these characters. Why are they so despicable? What goal do they have and what tactics do they use to try to achieve them? How do these two characters represent dual sides of sin, complementing each other in their ill deals and transgressions?

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