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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 would be gone a few weeks.
(b) He said that he had no idea.
(c) He said that he would be gone a few months.
(d) He said that he would be gone a few days.

2. What did Moran’s son say hurt him?
(a) His tooth.
(b) His head.
(c) His knee.
(d) His feet.

3. What did Moran deliberately turn his attention away from?
(a) The question of his future.
(b) The question of Molloy.
(c) The question of his knee.
(d) The question of his mother.

4. What did Martha serve Moran and his son before they left?
(a) Shepherd’s pie.
(b) Roast chicken.
(c) Beef stew.
(d) Clam chowder.

5. What did Moran’s son say hurt him when he came downstairs for dinner at nine o’clock?
(a) His head.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His knee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moran say he would be inconceivable without?

2. Who did Moran try to keep in the dark about his departure?

3. What does Moran say is his position about God?

4. Where does Moran say he makes his home?

5. What does Moran say he was drowning in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moran characterize the process of dying?

2. How does Moran characterize the landscape around Bally?

3. What is Moran’s pleasure principle, and how did it affect his decisions around his departure?

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

5. What rule does Moran say is evidenced in his decision not to let his son bring his stamp albums with him on the trip?

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

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

8. What did Gaber tell Moran that Youdi had told him?

9. Who was the first person who came to Moran’s shelter?

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

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