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

3. Where does Merton first apply for a novitiate?
(a) The monastery of Zion Church.
(b) The monastery of St. Francis of Assisi.
(c) A monastery in Pennsylvania.
(d) A monastery in Rome.

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

5. Who is Father Edmund?
(a) A friend of Owen Merton.
(b) A friend of Dan Walsh.
(c) A friend of Mark Van Doren.
(d) A friend of Merton's brother.

6. 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.

7. Who does Merton talk to when he first starts to tell people he wants to be a priest?
(a) Dan Walsh.
(b) Robert Lax.
(c) Mark Van Doren.
(d) Ed Rice.

8. What medical emergency does Merton experience while waiting to enter a monastery?
(a) He breaks his arm and must remain in a cast for months.
(b) He has serious stomach trouble and ulcers.
(c) He gets appendicitis and has surgery.
(d) He has an abcessed tooth extracted.

9. Who suggests that Merton withdraw his application for the novitiate?
(a) Father Edmund.
(b) Ed Rice.
(c) Dan Walsh.
(d) Bob Lax.

10. What do Merton and his friends do in Olean?
(a) They play team sports.
(b) They study drama and religion.
(c) They have an automobile accident.
(d) They develop a monastery-like environment.

11. What is Merton's role at Friendship House?
(a) He works as a priest.
(b) He is a volunteer.
(c) He is a guest of the owner.
(d) He raises money for the administration.

12. What does Merton say in Part 2, Chapter 2, will not save his mind from its state of sin?
(a) Occasional trips to church.
(b) A trip to the hospital.
(c) Summers in the country.
(d) Learning about philosophy.

13. What is Merton afraid to tell anyone when he is teaching at St. Bonaventure?
(a) The condition of his teeth.
(b) About his experiences overseas.
(c) His deepest and darkest sins.
(d) That he stills yearns to be a monk.

14. Who accepts Merton into the community of monks?
(a) Abbot Snow.
(b) Abbot Dom Frederic.
(c) Father Edmund.
(d) Father Brown.

15. What makes Merton unhappy while he is teaching?
(a) He yearns to be a priest, but is told he doesn't have a vocation.
(b) He wants to visit Europe, but doesn't have the money.
(c) He wants to visit with his close friends, but they have been drafted.
(d) He wants to go on retreat, but can't decide where to go.