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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Gaber tell Moran he would be leaving?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) That day.
(c) A month from that day.
(d) Within a week.

2. What did Moran tell his son to get, when Gaber arrived with his message?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Paper.
(c) Beer.
(d) Money.

3. What does Moran say he deliberately turn his attention to instead?
(a) Other unknowns.
(b) The mystery of death.
(c) The question of Molloy’s mother.
(d) Anxiety about where to get food.

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

5. What does Moran say he was drowning in?
(a) The spray of phenomena.
(b) The tide of criticisms.
(c) The currents of sensations.
(d) The flow of judgments.

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

7. How does Moran characterize his son’s progress?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Shambling.
(d) Mechanical.

8. Where does Moran say he makes his home?
(a) Bally.
(b) Turdy.
(c) In the seashore.
(d) In the forest.

9. Why does Moran want to delay the process of finding Molloy?
(a) To remember his instructions about what to do with him.
(b) To let him live a bit longer.
(c) To see his mother along the way.
(d) To show his son more of the world.

10. What does Moran say he would be inconceivable without?
(a) His cape.
(b) His moustache.
(c) His monocle.
(d) His hat.

11. When did Moran get the orders to see about Molloy?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

12. What does Moran say he found himself thinking about when he should have been planning his trip?
(a) His stamps.
(b) His investments.
(c) His parents.
(d) His neighbors.

13. What did Moran ask Father Ambrose for?
(a) Money.
(b) Guidance about Molloy.
(c) A private communion.
(d) Instructions about his son.

14. What did Moran take with him instead of his heavy coat?
(a) A pair of tall boots.
(b) A broad hat.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A lighter coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many paces was Moran able to make between stops, after he started to use a cane?

2. What did Moran put in his son’s milk?

3. What was the last thing Moran remembered before he realized that he had killed the man?

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

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

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