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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the book open?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

3. At what age did Peter Balakian begin attending Columbia football games with his father?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

4. What kind of trees do the silkworms come from?
(a) Willows.
(b) Maples.
(c) Oaks.
(d) Mulberries.

5. What baseball legend was Balakian reading about while he was sick with the measles?
(a) Willie Mays.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Jackie Robinson.
(d) Roger Maris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On how many hills was Constantinople built?

3. According to Armenian legend, what animal was Adam's first companion in the Garden of Eden?

4. How many Crusades passed through Byzantium on the way to the Holy Land?

5. How many children were in the Wall family?

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