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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 Moran say he has studied in bee behavior?
(a) Their hive construction.
(b) Their choice of queen.
(c) Their dances.
(d) Their food sources.

2. What does Moran say was distinct about the man who came to his shelter?
(a) His face.
(b) His hat.
(c) His dog.
(d) His pants.

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

4. What was Moran’s reaction when he found that his son had left him without much money?
(a) He was furious.
(b) He was glad.
(c) He was delighted,
(d) He was disappointed.

5. What does Moran say his instructions to his son might not withstand?
(a) Second thoughts.
(b) The exigencies of fate.
(c) The conditions on the road.
(d) The test of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moran say Molloy moved?

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

3. Where does Moran say he makes his home?

4. Moran says that he proceeds in making his report out of fear: why does he say he fears?

5. How does Moran characterize himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first cause of tension between Moran and his son, after they leave?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Moran characterize the process of dying?

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

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