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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. Who did Moran hope might come for him?
(a) Molloy.
(b) His wife.
(c) Youdi.
(d) His mother.

2. What is it that makes Moran’s mind swoon?
(a) The idea of finding Molloy.
(b) The idea of being incapable of motion.
(c) The idea of his son growing up without him.
(d) The idea of Youdi’s disappointment.

3. How does Moran say he dreads death?
(a) As an insult.
(b) As a humiliation.
(c) As a regeneration.
(d) As an end.

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

5. What was the last thing Moran remembered before he realized that he had killed the man?
(a) The man threatened to rob him.
(b) The man started to beat him.
(c) The man started to leave.
(d) The man extended his hand to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moran tell Gaber about his instructions?

2. What did Moran use for a cane?

3. What time of day is it when Part II opens?

4. What does Moran say he has studied in bee behavior?

5. When the man comes to Moran’s shelter on the second day, he asks Moran if he has seen someone: who did he ask about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Moran describe about his bees?

6. What arraignments did Moran make with Father Ambrose after Gaber’s visit?

7. How does Moran characterize the process of dying?

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

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

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

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