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

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

3. Molloy calls his mother a “uniparous whore” (19) — What does uniparous mean?
(a) Mentally ill.
(b) Incontinent.
(c) Having only one eye.
(d) Having only one child.

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

5. What does Molloy say he wants to finish?
(a) Caring for his mother.
(b) Caring for himself.
(c) Dying.
(d) Walking.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Molloy say his mother smelled like?

5. How does Molloy say his hat is attached to his clothing?

(see the answer key)

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