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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 is Mo-Maw unhappy with with her own appearance in Chapter 18?

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

3. What happens when Mungo goes out to fight with Hamish?

4. What does Mungo want to do with Gallowgate in Chapter 14 that Gallowgate will not let him do?

5. What does James use for his breathing problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gallowgate tell Mungo about what he has done to Mungo in Chapter 14?

2. How does Mungo's anxiety sometimes manifest itself physically?

3. Who does Mo-Maw say she can barely handle sharing Mungo with, and why?

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

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

6. How does Jodie get rid of her pregnancy?

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

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

9. In Chapter 13, why does Mr. Gillespie leave?

10. In Chapter 18, what does Mungo give James as a gift?

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

How does Stuart develop Mo-Maw's character? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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