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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's parents do for a living?
(a) They ran a travel bureau.
(b) They operated a grocery store.
(c) They were farmers.
(d) They were artists.

2. What do Ed Rice and Bob Lax work on in Olean?
(a) They both write novels.
(b) They write church history.
(c) They work on newspaper articles.
(d) They both write autobiographies.

3. Where is Merton's brother during the time Merton is at Friendship House?
(a) He is in the Army in France.
(b) He is sick and in the hospital.
(c) He is with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
(d) He is with the United States Navy.

4. Who is Dan Walsh?
(a) A professor Merton doesn't like.
(b) A professor respected by Merton.
(c) A monk Merton meets.
(d) A priest who takes Merton's confession.

5. What did Pop allow the 15-year-old Merton to do that really impressed him?
(a) He allowed him to drive his car.
(b) He allowed him to visit his father alone.
(c) Pop allowed the 15-year-old Merton to smoke a cigarette.
(d) He allowed him to enjoy luxury travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Merton talk to when he first starts to tell people he wants to be a priest?

2. Where are the student publications at the university housed?

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

4. Who is Owen Merton?

5. What revelation did Merton have when attending his first Mass?

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