Shuggie Bain Quizzes

Shuggie Bain Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Shuggie Bain?
Douglas Stuart

McClelland Stuart

Grant Colson

Hugh Bain
2 How many parts does Shuggie Bain have?
Three

Two

Four

Five
3 What form does Shuggie Bain take?
Novel

Epic poem

Short story

Play
4 In what country is Shuggie Bain set?
Ireland

France

Scotland

England
5 In what city is Shuggie Bain set?
Aberdeen

Glasgow

Portsmouth

London
6 In what year does the story begin?
1990

2001

1992

1980
7 Who is the protagonist?
Agnes

Shuggie

Leek

Big Shug
8 Where does Shuggie work at the beginning of the novel?
A bakery

A chemist's

A grocery store

A cobbler's
9 What animals is Shuggie preparing for sale at the beginning of the book?
Lambs

Fish

Chickens

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

Stone Eaters

Bird Bakers

Brick Layers
11 "His feet hit the floor ... like bags of heavy butcher's meat" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Foreshadowing

Metonymy

Metaphor
12 Where does Shuggie live in the first part of the novel?
A supermarket

An apartment in New York

A doctor's office

A bedsit in a boarding house
13 What does Shuggie try to memorize to appear more masculine when he is sixteen?
Chess openings

Consumer spending reports

Results of cricket matches

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

Glaswegian

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

Car

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

Burn down the boarding house

Have sex with him

Watch TV with him
18 How many chapters does the book contain?
32

15

20

1
19 Who narrates Shuggie Bain?
Shuggie

An unnamed third-person narrator

An unnamed first-person narrator

Agnes
20 In what tense is Shuggie Bain narrated?
It is unclear

Present tense

Future tense

Past tense
21 In what year does the second part of the novel take place?
1992

1989

1993

1981
22 Who is Agnes Bain to Shuggie?
His mother

His sister

His stepmother

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

Leech

Lean

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

Howard

Big Shug

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

Katy

Liz

Margaret

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