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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 18-35, from the sentence that starts “The room smelt of ammonia” through the sentence that starts “My sick leg, forget which”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Molloy say his mother knew him?
(a) By sound.
(b) By touch.
(c) By taste.
(d) By smell.

2. What does Molloy say one knock on his mother’s head meant?
(a) Yes.
(b) I don’t know.
(c) No.
(d) Goodbye.

3. What does Molloy say the horizon was burning with?
(a) Nuclear fire.
(b) Forest fires.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Phosphorus.

4. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?
(a) Books.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) Instructions.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Molloy say is responsible for him acting like a pig?

2. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?

3. How does Molloy characterize the son he might have had, who would come to visit him?

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

5. What does Molloy say C was looking around for?

(see the answer key)

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