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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2, Our Lady of the Museums.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merton describe his parents?
(a) They were uncaring people who left him with strangers.
(b) They disliked one another and planned to divorce.
(c) They were focused on wealth and social status.
(d) They were independent and free of small prejudices.

2. What is the "sign of the Water Bearer"?
(a) The name of his father's art gallery.
(b) An advertisement for a hotel.
(c) The symbol for the month of January.
(d) Merton's astrological birth sign of Aquarius.

3. Where did Merton attend school in England while with his aunt?
(a) He was home-schooled.
(b) A church school.
(c) Eton.
(d) Ripley Court.

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

5. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His mother.
(d) His teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Merton react to his first exposure to death?

2. What are Merton's childhood memories of his brother?

3. What does Merton love about America?

4. Why does Owen Merton travel so frequently?

5. How does Merton describe this book?

(see the answer key)

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