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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. How long did Moran tell Martha he and his son would be gone?
(a) He said that he had no idea.
(b) He said that he would be gone a few days.
(c) He said that he would be gone a few weeks.
(d) He said that he would be gone a few months.

2. What kind of noise did Moran hear from his son’s room before he woke him?
(a) A pregnant pause.
(b) A strangling noise.
(c) A whispering noise.
(d) A deep silence.

3. How does Moran characterize himself?
(a) He who explains what he has found.
(b) He who finds.
(c) He who analyzes the process of finding.
(d) He who tells what he has found.

4. What order did Moran give his son in German?
(a) You shall beg for mercy.
(b) You shall do without.
(c) You shall endure.
(d) You shall suffer in silence.

5. What does Moran say took place before his son departed for good?
(a) Gaber returned with new instructions.
(b) A violent scene.
(c) A period of hard illness.
(d) A violent storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moran tell his son to get, when Gaber arrived with his message?

2. Who did Moran hope might come for him?

3. Which of Moran’s clothes does he say he discarded?

4. What is the relationship between the last lines of Moran’s story and the story’s opening lines?

5. Where does Moran say he makes his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what conditions do Moran and his son part for the first time?

2. What does Gaber tell Moran when he meets him the second time?

3. How does Moran resolve the question of whether Molloy is really Molloy’s name?

4. How did it come to pass that Moran killed the man?

5. How does Moran characterize his relationship with hope, after his son left?

6. How does Moran’s report end, at the end of Part II?

7. How did Moran dispose of the man’s body?

8. What steps did Moran take to repair his son’s health?

9. How does Moran characterize his trip to the garden before his departure?

10. How does Moran characterize the man who hailed him on the second night?

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