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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Roman Emperor Constantine turn Byzantium into the imperial residence?
(a) 300 A.D.
(b) 330 A.D.
(c) 275 A.D.
(d) 430 A.D.

2. What injury did Balakian sustain on the football field during August practice before his sophomore year?
(a) Heat exhaustion.
(b) Torn knee ligament.
(c) Heatstroke.
(d) Pulled Achilles' heel.

3. At what school did Aunt Anna teach French?
(a) Vassar.
(b) Columbia.
(c) NYU.
(d) CUNY.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Arax mean?

2. What kind of trees do the silkworms come from?

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

4. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?

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

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