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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Molloy say his mother knew him?
(a) By touch.
(b) By taste.
(c) By smell.
(d) By sound.
2. What problems does Molloy say had not yet started with his health?
(a) The loss of his memory.
(b) The loss of his vision.
(c) The loss of his hearing.
(d) The loss of his toes.
3. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?
(a) For trespassing.
(b) For the way he was resting on his bicycle.
(c) For speeding on his bicycle.
(d) For loitering.
4. Why does Molloy say that he ought to have been buried alive?
(a) Because of the sacrilege of his thoughts.
(b) Because of the poverty of his life.
(c) Because of the smell from his leaking bladder.
(d) Because of his relationship with his mother.
5. Who buried the dog after Molloy followed Lousse home?
(a) Molloy .
(b) Lousse.
(c) C.
(d) A gardener.
6. What does Molloy say morning is the time for?
(a) Hiding.
(b) Homecoming.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Hunting.
7. Molloy says that he listened to Lousse for a long time—What does Molloy say was left at the end of his listening?
(a) Her desire for him.
(b) Her voice.
(c) The smell of cooking.
(d) The sound of the stars.
8. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?
(a) Money.
(b) Books.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) Instructions.
9. How does Molloy say his hat is attached to his clothing?
(a) With thread.
(b) With a leather tie.
(c) With lace.
(d) With a rubber band.
10. What was it that make Molloy’s previous suicide attempts unsuccessful?
(a) The noise.
(b) The lack of rope.
(c) The dullness of his knives.
(d) The lack of trees.
11. Which way does Molloy say A was going, after he met C?
(a) Away from town.
(b) Toward the sea.
(c) Into the forest.
(d) Toward town.
12. What would Molloy be taking the place of, if he stayed long with Lousse?
(a) A husband.
(b) A lover.
(c) A child.
(d) A dog.
13. What does the man who visits Molloy take away when he visits?
(a) Instructions.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Money.
(d) Pages.
14. When Molloy asked for his clothes, what did the valet tell him at first?
(a) They were in his room.
(b) They were in the cleaners.
(c) He would have them right back.
(d) They were being burned.
15. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Find himself.
(b) Orient himself.
(c) Beg forgiveness.
(d) Justify his actions.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Molloy says that “this is life,” what was he referring to?
2. What does Molloy say bothered him about Edith?
3. What does Molloy say kept him from cutting his testicles off?
4. What does Molloy say is easier for him at the seashore?
5. What does Molloy offer the reader?
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