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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. What degree was Balakian's girlfriend working on when he visited her, instead of going to his grandmother's memorial service?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) MBA.
(c) Law degree.
(d) Medical degree.

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

3. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?
(a) Eight.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

4. What was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?
(a) Graham House Review.
(b) Crabtree Lane Review.
(c) Oak Street Review.
(d) Surrealism Review.

5. What California town was the Armenian-American writer William Saroyan from?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Fresno.
(c) Lodi.
(d) Oakland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was driving when the young men crashed the car in the middle of the night, in "Saturday Autumn II"?

2. At what time did Balakian and his friend Ed Harrison routinely sneak out of their houses to explore the town?

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

4. What kind of car did the Aroosian women drive during their house-viewing expeditions in 1958?

5. About how many words did the World Book encyclopedia have on Armenia when Balakian tried to research his culture?

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