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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 St. Christopher's real last name?

2. What does James buy himself for his birthday?

3. Who is Mo-Maw's friend from AA?

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

5. What do James and Mungo do together for the first time in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jodie get rid of her pregnancy?

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

3. In Chapter 20, what does Jodie tell Mungo about Hamish?

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

5. What had Mr. Gillespie once promised Jodie he would help her to do?

6. In Chapter 13, what does Jodie ask Mungo to do that he hates doing?

7. What does James tell Mungo he will do if Mungo participates in Hamish's crusade against the Catholics?

8. In Chapter 20, what does Hamish say he will do to James?

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

10. In Chapter 16, what do James and Mungo do on James's birthday?

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

Why is Mungo suddenly able to meet Hamish's gaze after his fishing trip with St. Christopher and Gallowgate, and imagine he may even be able to stand up to him soon? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

When do Mungo's attitudes towards Mo-Maw finally begin to change, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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