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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. What does Molloy say is “not an easy matter” (24)?
(a) Answering policemen’s questions.
(b) Finding his way in the dark.
(c) Learning his mother’s address.
(d) Applying the letter of the law to someone like him.

2. How does Molloy characterize the road where A and C meet?
(a) Lush.
(b) Urban.
(c) Bare.
(d) Overlooking the sea.

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

4. How does Molloy say his hat is attached to his clothing?
(a) With thread.
(b) With a rubber band.
(c) With a leather tie.
(d) With lace.

5. What does the man who visits Molloy take away when he visits?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Money.
(c) Pages.
(d) Instructions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?

2. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?

3. What does Molloy say he was reduced to, by the policeman’s questions?

4. What does Molloy say it would be madness not to do?

5. What does Molloy say the horizon was burning with?

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