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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 3, The Sleeping Volcano.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Merton and his friends grow in Olean?
(a) They all grew beards.
(b) They grew a vegetable garden.
(c) They grew wheat.
(d) They grew their hair long.

2. Where did Merton's father receive medical treatment for his cancer?
(a) At a hospital in Paris.
(b) At Durston Hospital in Scotland.
(c) At Middlesex Hospital in London.
(d) At home with a personal physician.

3. What does Merton see as his vocation while he is in Olean?
(a) Praying.
(b) Painting.
(c) Lecturing.
(d) Writing.

4. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?
(a) He asked Merton to take care of John Paul.
(b) He wanted Merton to do well in school
(c) He asked Merton to pray for him.
(d) He wanted Merton to come with him to London.

5. Where is Olean?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Western Canada.
(c) Upstate New York.
(d) Southern France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of music did Merton especially like when he felt like a rebel in New York?

2. What sin is Merton most concerned with when he begins to write poetry?

3. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?

4. Where did Merton spend his school holidays?

5. What did Pop allow the 15-year-old Merton to do that really impressed him?

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