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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 remain in the place where his son abandoned him?
(a) Hours.
(b) Months.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

2. How does Moran characterize his son’s progress?
(a) Mechanical.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Shambling.
(d) Reluctant.

3. What were the instructions Gaber arrived with, when he found Moran on the verge of wasting away?
(a) Find your son.
(b) Proceed to Molloy.
(c) Go home instantly.
(d) Stay where you are.

4. What is the relationship between the last lines of Moran’s story and the story’s opening lines?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Elaboration.
(c) Revision.
(d) Contradiction.

5. What does Moran say he notices while he is walking?
(a) His destination coming closer.
(b) His past receding.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moran use for a cane?

2. Who does Moran tell the farmer he was on the way to visit?

3. How does Moran say the murder affect his state of mind?

4. How does Moran say he dreads death?

5. What does Moran say he had lied about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Moran characterize the system by which messengers carried their messages to agents?

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

4. What justification does Moran offer for why he accepted the job from Gaber?

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

6. How does Moran characterize the landscape around Bally?

7. What does Moran say are topics that never crossed his mind?

8. How did Martha learn that Moran and his son were going away?

9. How does Moran characterize the process of dying?

10. How does Part II open?

(see the answer keys)

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