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

2. What does Merton miss when he left France for England?
(a) The Lycee.
(b) His house.
(c) The churches.
(d) The beauty of St. Antonin.

3. What does Merton like about France?
(a) The school he attended there.
(b) Its museums.
(c) Its beauty and its simple people.
(d) The weather.

4. Why does Merton go to class with the younger French children?
(a) He disciplines them.
(b) He must learn the French language.
(c) He needs to change his attitude.
(d) He teaches them American games.

5. How does Merton describe his fellow students in France?
(a) They are socially inferior.
(b) The are vulgar, mean, and pitiless.
(c) They are cultured and refined.
(d) They are extremely poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which place in St. Antonin does Merton have unpleasant memories?

2. What are the contents of the note Merton receives from his father?

3. Where was Merton's father born?

4. What impresses Merton about St. Antonin?

5. What authors have a particular effect on Merton at university?

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