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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4, The Children in the Market Place.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merton describe the boys at Ripley Court?
(a) They are pleasant and happy.
(b) They are cruel to him.
(c) They dislike sports.
(d) They are snobbish and unfriendly.

2. What political activities does Merton participate in at the university?
(a) He is not involved with politics at the university.
(b) Writing for political publications.
(c) Church-sponsored lectures.
(d) Student demonstrations and meetings.

3. Who are Pop and Bonnemaman?
(a) Neighbors of his mother.
(b) Friends of his father.
(c) Thomas Merton's grandparents.
(d) People he met at school.

4. What impresses Merton about St. Antonin?
(a) It was laid out in a circular shape in the 13th century.
(b) It was in France.
(c) The house he lived in.
(d) The people he met there.

5. What did Merton discover about his father on the way to a cricket match?
(a) He found out his father was coming to the match.
(b) He learned his father had a malignant brain tumor.
(c) He realized his father was still in England.
(d) He learned his father would take him to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merton miss when he left France for England?

2. Where had Merton been shortly before his father died?

3. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?

4. What does Merton like about France?

5. What medical problem plagued Merton on a backpacking trip in the Rhine Valley?

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