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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. What does Molloy say one knock on his mother’s head meant?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) I don’t know.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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

3. What name does Molloy give for the person which whom he knew “true love” (83)?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Rose.
(c) April.
(d) June.

4. How does Molloy characterize human nature, in discussing C’s travels through the landscape?
(a) Alien.
(b) At home everywhere.
(c) Preternatural.
(d) Unstable, fugitive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize the internal voices that tell him to stay or to go?

2. What does Molloy say was missing from his clothes when he got them back?

3. How does Molloy characterize C?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Molloy’s relationship with writing?

2. What does Molloy like about being at the seashore?

3. What does Molloy say he could not stay in the forest?

4. How long was Molloy on the road before he met Lousse, and how long did he stay with Lousse?

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

6. What is the relationship between Molloy and his mother’s money?

7. Why was Molloy taken to the police station?

8. What does Molloy say keeps him going?

9. What does Molloy say are the principles he lives by?

10. How does Molloy characterize his experience with the charcoal burner in the forest?

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