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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Temps and Tommy surprised during the row in Her Man?
(a) The abused woman attacks Tommy.
(b) The rest of the pub joins in.
(c) Ho one breaks it up.
(d) The lowlife begins to cry.

2. What performer's concert has Tommy bought tickets to in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?
(a) The Stone Roses.
(b) The Clash.
(c) David Bowie.
(d) Iggy Pop.

3. What resolution does Renton make in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) He will get his own stash to sell.
(b) He will find a girlfriend.
(c) He will give up junk.
(d) He will get a job.

4. What substance have all the mates ingested at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Acid.
(b) Amphetamines.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Ecstasy.

5. What information does Billy reveal about Jackie at the end of Grieving and Mourning in Port Sunshine?
(a) He has cleared his bank account.
(b) He is the executor of Granty's estate.
(c) He is not from Leith.
(d) He is sleeping with Fiona.

6. What does Dianne do immediately after she and Renton have sex in this chapter?
(a) Insist they do it again.
(b) Throw him out of the flat.
(c) Tell him to sleep in the couch.
(d) Say she loves him.

7. What happened the last time Begbie started a fight?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He made friends with the man after.
(c) He nearly killed a man.
(d) He was beaten.

8. What substance does Mike Forrester give Renton instead of smack in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) A can of Blackthorn.
(b) Overly-cut blow.
(c) Opium suppositories.
(d) Off-brand methadone.

9. Who in the group decides he wants to harass Begbie in this Chapter?
(a) Sick Boy.
(b) Spud.
(c) Matty.
(d) Renton.

10. What playwright does Renton talk to the English girls in In Overdrive about?
(a) Ibsen.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Shakespeare.

11. Who goes along with Begbie in this chapter?
(a) Sick Boy.
(b) Spud.
(c) Renton.
(d) Matty.

12. How is Billy connected to the character's in previous chapters?
(a) He is Tommy's cousin.
(b) He is Renton's brother.
(c) He is Spud's father.
(d) He is Begbie's nephew.

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

14. What is not among the alcoholic supplies that Begbie and Renton pick up for their trip?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Beer.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

15. Why does Renton have to rummage through his own filth in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?
(a) He loses his heroin stash.
(b) He loses his keys.
(c) He loses a contact lens.
(d) He loses his suppositories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does the group do after Begbie leaves?

2. What does Begbie think about Renton's health in Inner Shitty?

3. At the beginning of The Skag Boys, What does Mark Renton want to do instead of get high with Sick Boy?

4. How is Spud related to Dode?

5. Where does Stevie currently live?

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