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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Relapsing: Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense, The Glass, A Disappointment, Cock Problems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nina respond to the commotion at the end of Growing Up in Public?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She fals asleep.
(c) She weeps bitterly.
(d) She kisses her cousin Renton.

2. Why is Sick Boy annoyed by Renton in In Overdrive?
(a) Renton thinks Roger Moore is the best Bond.
(b) Renton is off smack.
(c) Renton does not want to pick up women.
(d) Renton has told him he is bisexual.

3. What bad news does Tommy bring in Cock Problems?
(a) Lizzy broke up with him.
(b) His brother has died.
(c) He has chlamydia.
(d) The Hibs have lost again.

4. How does Renton respond to news of Dawn's death in It Goes Without Saying?
(a) He holds Lesley.
(b) He cooks up.
(c) He goes back to sleep.
(d) He walks out of the flat.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nina that she is unprepared for in Growing Up in Public?

2. What sadistic thing does Swan do in The Skag Boys?

3. What does Renton reflect on at the end of Junk Dilemma No. 63?

4. Why does Uncle Boab's corpse sweat in Growing Up in Public?

5. Why does Renton get a rented room in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?

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