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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time of day does Molloy say he prefers?
(a) Morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Night.
(d) Evening.

3. Who buried the dog after Molloy followed Lousse home?
(a) Molloy .
(b) A gardener.
(c) C.
(d) Lousse.

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

5. Where does Molloy say his dwelling is?
(a) Deepest down.
(b) Furthest.
(c) Loudest.
(d) Quietist.

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

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

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

9. What does Molloy say his mother smelled like?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Travel.
(c) Antiquity.
(d) Cooking.

10. How many sucking stones did Molloy make a system to accommodate?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 16.

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

12. Why does Molloy say that he ought to have been buried alive?
(a) Because of his relationship with his mother.
(b) Because of the poverty of his life.
(c) Because of the sacrilege of his thoughts.
(d) Because of the smell from his leaking bladder.

13. What does Molloy say the horizon was burning with?
(a) Forest fires.
(b) Nuclear fire.
(c) Phosphorus.
(d) Sunset.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Molloy say he met Edith?

2. What does the man who visits Molloy take away when he visits?

3. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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