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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1960.

2. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?
(a) 102.
(b) 105.
(c) 106.
(d) 104.

3. What was Peter shocked to see his grandmother doing as she read late at night?
(a) Drinking whiskey.
(b) Smoking a cigar.
(c) Smoking a pipe.
(d) Drinking a beer.

4. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?
(a) I Want to Hold Your Hand.
(b) Heartbreak Hotel.
(c) Mack the Knife.
(d) The Twist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?

3. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?

4. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?

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

(see the answer key)

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