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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Molloy not free to stay in the forest?
(a) He would be going against an imperative.
(b) He could not find shelter there.
(c) He could not see far enough there.
(d) He needed his papers at home.

2. What percentage of Lousse’s speech does Molloy say he understood?
(a) 1%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 0%.
(d) 100%.

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 direction did Molloy set off in, from the alley?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

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

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

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

8. What did the charcoal burner want to share with Molloy?
(a) His hut.
(b) His food.
(c) His insights.
(d) His mother.

9. What does Molloy say bothered him about Edith?
(a) His powerlessness to help her.
(b) The indifference with which he learned of her death.
(c) The impatience he felt for her death.
(d) The pain she suffered while dying.

10. Why does Molloy say he did not slit his wrists after leaving Lousse’s?
(a) The pain was too great.
(b) He could not find a knife.
(c) He wanted to see his mother again.
(d) He was hungry and wanted to eat.

11. What does Molloy say he heard the voice of in his room at Lousse’s house?
(a) A dying dog.
(b) His mother.
(c) A collapsing world.
(d) An angry parrot.

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

13. What does Molloy say a man in his position must be able to relish?
(a) Anger.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Filth.
(d) Grace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Molloy hit the charcoal burner with?

2. When Molloy says that “this is life,” what was he referring to?

3. What does Molloy say was missing when he woke up at Lousse’s house after burying the dog?

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

5. Who does Molloy say he thought might be one and the same person?

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