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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 he felt called by as he watched C?
(a) His mother.
(b) The sky and mountains.
(c) His death.
(d) The fields and the sea.

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

3. What does Molloy say four knocks on his mother’s head meant?
(a) Yes.
(b) Goodbye.
(c) No.
(d) Money.

4. How does Molloy characterize the son he might have had, who would come to visit him?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Violent.
(c) Queer.
(d) Happy.

5. Which way does Molloy say C was going, after he met A?
(a) Into the forest.
(b) Toward town.
(c) Toward the sea.
(d) Away from town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize human nature, in discussing C’s travels through the landscape?

2. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?

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

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

5. What does Molloy say three knocks on his mother’s head meant?

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