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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 35, from the sentence that starts, “I had so to speak only one leg…” through page 54, the sentence that starts “Yes, that struck me as less strange…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Molloy say he met Lousse?
(a) He killed her child with his crutches.
(b) He killed her dog with his bicycle.
(c) He asked her for food.
(d) He asked her for directions.

2. What does Molloy say Lousse’s parrot says?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Expletives.
(d) Greetings.

3. What does Molloy say he was afraid of, that caused him to answer the police’s questions blindly?
(a) Being killed.
(b) Being kept from his mother.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) Being sent home.

4. What does Molloy say three knocks on his mother’s head meant?
(a) I don’t know.
(b) No.
(c) Money.
(d) Yes.

5. What does Molloy say it would be madness not to do?
(a) Say goodbye.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Walk to the next town.
(d) See his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize the road where A and C meet?

2. What does Molloy say one knock on his mother’s head meant?

3. What does Molloy say was missing from his clothes when he got them back?

4. Molloy calls his mother a “uniparous whore” (19) — What does uniparous mean?

5. What does the man who visits Molloy take away when he visits?

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