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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 do Mungo and the men come across that Mungo sees for the first time?

2. What are the two sides of the sectarian violence in Glasgow?

3. In Chapter 7, what kind of food does James usually eat?

4. Whose dead cat do Mungo and Jodie find?

5. Who does Hamish hit with a brick to save Mungo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Hamish went down to ask for an apprenticeship at the shipyards once?

2. Who is Tattie-Bogle?

3. Who mainly takes care of Mungo, and why?

4. Who is Mo-Maw sending Mungo away with to go fishing?

5. What does Hamish make Mungo do in Part I that Mungo hates?

6. What is Hamish, Mungo's brother, known for?

7. Why does Hamish think Mungo is soft in Part I?

8. How does Mungo treat Mo-Maw when she comes back in Part II?

9. How does Annie Campbell treat Mungo and Jodie?

10. Why does Hamish try to make Mungo do things with his gang?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Stuart establish and maintain suspense throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Stuart describe the development of Mungo's and James's romantic relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Stuart chooses to open the novel with Mungo's leaving the city with St. Christopher and Gallowgate, and then he works backwards from there temporally? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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