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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Molloy say he distrusted his bicycle?
(a) He says that the police kept noticing it.
(b) He thought it caused his misfortunes.
(c) He says that it steered him wrong.
(d) He says that it was always breaking down.

2. What does Molloy say he was afraid of, that caused him to answer the police’s questions blindly?
(a) Being killed.
(b) Being kept from his mother.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) Being sent home.

3. What does Molloy say Lousse’s parrot says?
(a) Expletives.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Greetings.

4. What smell does Molloy say he associates with Lousse?
(a) Sea air.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) Peonies.

5. Under what condition does Molloy say he could show what he was made of?
(a) A feeble assailant.
(b) A weak-witted opponent.
(c) A manipulative genius opponent.
(d) A populated arena.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize the road where A and C meet?

2. What does Molloy say life seems to be made up of?

3. How long does Molloy say he stayed with Lousse?

4. Which way does Molloy say A was going, after he met C?

5. Where does Molloy say his dwelling is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are A and C, and what drama does Molloy watch them play out?

2. How does Molloy characterize his relationship with his body below the waste?

3. What is Molloy’s character like?

4. What is the difference between the Molloy who is writing and the Molloy who was living through the experiences Molloy writes?

5. What is it that Molloy finds noxious about his mother?

6. Why was Molloy taken to the police station?

7. What is Molloy’s relationship with writing?

8. Where did Molloy take shelter after leaving Lousse’s place?

9. How does Molloy say he and his mother refer to each other?

10. What is Molloy’s system for sucking stones?

(see the answer keys)

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