Shuggie Bain Quizzes

Shuggie Bain Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Shuggie Bain?
McClelland Stuart

Hugh Bain

Grant Colson

Douglas Stuart
2 How many parts does Shuggie Bain have?
Three

Five

Two

Four
3 What form does Shuggie Bain take?
Epic poem

Novel

Short story

Play
4 In what country is Shuggie Bain set?
Ireland

England

France

Scotland
5 In what city is Shuggie Bain set?
Glasgow

London

Aberdeen

Portsmouth
6 In what year does the story begin?
2001

1992

1980

1990
7 Who is the protagonist?
Agnes

Big Shug

Shuggie

Leek
8 Where does Shuggie work at the beginning of the novel?
A chemist's

A bakery

A cobbler's

A grocery store
9 What animals is Shuggie preparing for sale at the beginning of the book?
Chickens

Lambs

Fish

Dogs
10 What is the name of Shuggie's workplace?
Stone Eaters

Kilfeathers

Brick Layers

Bird Bakers
11 "His feet hit the floor ... like bags of heavy butcher's meat" is an example of what literary device?
Metonymy

Foreshadowing

Simile

Metaphor
12 Where does Shuggie live in the first part of the novel?
A bedsit in a boarding house

An apartment in New York

A supermarket

A doctor's office
13 What does Shuggie try to memorize to appear more masculine when he is sixteen?
Consumer spending reports

Chess openings

Results of cricket matches

Results of football games
14 What dialect of English do many characters in the novel speak?
Glaswegian

Welsh

Scouse

Geordie
15 What does Mr. Darling give Shuggie that he pretends to drink?
Fizzy pop

Bottled water

Wine

Beer
16 Which answer best defines "wean"?
Umbrella

Old dog

Child

Car
17 What is it implied that Shuggie will do to get money from Mr. Darling in part one?
Fix his radiator

Have sex with him

Watch TV with him

Burn down the boarding house
18 How many chapters does the book contain?
1

20

15

32
19 Who narrates Shuggie Bain?
Shuggie

An unnamed first-person narrator

Agnes

An unnamed third-person narrator
20 In what tense is Shuggie Bain narrated?
It is unclear

Future tense

Past tense

Present tense
21 In what year does the second part of the novel take place?
1993

1981

1989

1992
22 Who is Agnes Bain to Shuggie?
His mother

His stepmother

His sister

His grandmother
23 What is Shuggie's brother's name?
Lean

Leech

Derek

Leek
24 What is Shuggie's father's name?
Eugene

Big Shug

Howard

Roland
25 What is Shuggie's sister's name?
Katy

Margaret

Liz

Catherine

Study Guide for Shuggie Bain

Shuggie Bain study guide contains a biography of Douglas Stuart, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Shuggie Bain…

Shuggie Bain

by Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain Quiz 1

Shuggie Bain Questions and Answers

Study Guide for Shuggie Bain

Lesson Plan for Shuggie Bain