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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 did Moran send his son to buy in the town of Hole?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) Fire-making materials.
(c) Food.
(d) A raincoat.

2. What does Moran say his kneecap felt like?
(a) A rib.
(b) A breast.
(c) A clitoris.
(d) A rump.

3. What does Moran say he swept himself clean of after his son left?
(a) Despair.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Hopes.
(d) Forms.

4. What did Gaber ask Moran for after he delivered his message?
(a) Beer.
(b) Money.
(c) Directions.
(d) Bread.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Moran get the orders to see about Molloy?

2. What does Moran say caused him to laugh, in time, after his son left?

3. What does Moran say is the defining feature of Bally?

4. How does Moran characterize the business of describing his adventures?

5. Why does Moran say he had a hard time deciding whether to leave on his autocycle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Moran describe about his bees?

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

6. How does Moran characterize the process of dying?

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

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

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

10. What does Moran say is the value of finishing a job like this?

(see the answer keys)

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