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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the private school Balakian was made to attend for high school?
(a) Tanglewood.
(b) Englewood.
(c) Lawrenceville.
(d) Marbury.

2. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?
(a) Beer.
(b) Rosewater.
(c) Tahn.
(d) Whiskey.

3. Whom did Saroyan consider his "rival"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) O'Connor.
(d) Fitzgerald.

4. What college did Balakian's father say was "better than its name"?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Harvey Mudd.
(c) Kalamazoo.
(d) Brown.

5. What team was Columbia playing when the fan had a heart attack?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Balakian sick with the measles?

2. What was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?

3. What book caused a racial flareup among the football players during Balakian's freshmen year at college?

4. What Ginsberg poem did Balakian's mother want several copies of?

5. What junk food did Balakian reminisce about eating at the Dillstein's house?

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