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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. Where does Jodie say she is going in Chapter 20?

2. What does Hamish say he will do to James if Mungo does not come to fight?

3. What does Mo-Maw tell Mungo about his father?

4. Where does Mr. Gillespie take Jodie to have sex?

5. What is a derogatory term for a gay man that is used in Glasgow in Mungo's time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mo-Maw never want Mungo calling her "Ma"?

2. What does James tell Mungo he has to do to make his father happy?

3. What happens when James meets Mo-Maw?

4. In Chapter 22, what does Gallowgate say about St. Christopher's absence?

5. What does Mungo tell Gallowgate about St. Christopher in Chapter 17?

6. What does Mo-Maw sometimes let Mungo do to her stockings as a game?

7. How does James's father find out he is gay?

8. In Chapter 14, what does Mungo do to St. Christopher?

9. What does St. Christopher do to Mungo in Chapter 11?

10. In Chapter 17, what does Gallowgate tell Mungo about when they get back home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kinds of opportunities, in general, are available and unavailable for children in working-class Glaswegian families? Write an essay explaining your answers citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the Glaswegian cultural expectation of masculinity and success, and how does Hamish embody some of it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does the episode with Jodie trying to help Mrs. Campbell demonstrate about the complex dynamics in families that struggle with both financial security and addiction? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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