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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Home: Easy Money for the Professionals, A Present, Memories of Matty, Straight Dilemmas No. 1, Eating Out.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Begbie berate Stevie in Victory on New Year's Day?
(a) He left the neighborhood.
(b) She is not a Hearts fan.
(c) He won't do a shot.
(d) He is being sullen.

2. Why can Gav and Tommy not enjoy their drink in Her Man?
(a) The barman is mocking Gav's haircut.
(b) A man nearby is beating his wife.
(c) Tommy keeps falling asleep.
(d) Spud is bugging them for cash.

3. At the beginning of this chapter, what does Renton beg his parents to secure him, that they refuse?
(a) Methadone.
(b) Nutmeg.
(c) Heroin.
(d) A beer.

4. What game is being played at the pub that Renton and his parents attend near the end of this chapter?
(a) Bingo.
(b) Table tennis.
(c) Snooker.
(d) Trivia.

5. What is different about the narrative voice in Growing Up in Public from previous chapters?
(a) It is in present tense.
(b) It is in Spanish.
(c) It is Sick Boy's point-of-view.
(d) It is in the third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Renton hear as he wakes up in It Goes Without Saying?

2. In Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine, when does the group decide they will talk to Fiona?

3. Where does Renton go after leaving his friend's flat at the beginning of London Crawling?

4. Why is Renton's sex drive higher than normal in this chapter?

5. How does the group in Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine accumulate its communal pot?

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