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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 characterize human nature, in discussing C’s travels through the landscape?
(a) Unstable, fugitive.
(b) Alien.
(c) At home everywhere.
(d) Preternatural.

2. Where does Molloy say he sleeps?
(a) In a shelter he made.
(b) In the alley.
(c) In his mother’s room.
(d) In the forest.

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

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

5. How does Molloy characterize C?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Naïve.
(d) Suspicious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Molloy say his mother smelled like?

3. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Molloy say he wants to finish?

5. What does Molloy say he was afraid his mother always understood him to be saying with his knocks?

(see the answer key)

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