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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, Through Page 198.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Balakian and his father when the young woman spoke to the father about leaving her abusive husband?
(a) California.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington.
(d) Idaho.

2. What is berek?
(a) Cheese-filled filo triangles.
(b) A rice dish.
(c) Kebabs.
(d) A pistachio dessert.

3. In what year did Balakian and his father take a Greyhound bus across the United States?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1968.

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

5. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?
(a) Armenian church.
(b) Armenian Sunday school.
(c) Within the family.
(d) From his Jewish friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?

2. In what year did Roman Emperor Constantine turn Byzantium into the imperial residence?

3. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?

4. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?

5. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?

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