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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 grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?
(a) Safeway.
(b) Kroger's.
(c) Wegman's.
(d) A&P.

2. What sports implement was hanging in the office of Dr. Cooley, the headmaster of Balakian's new private high school?
(a) A lacrosse stick.
(b) A soccer ball.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A tennis racket.

3. At what age did Balakian's father leave France for the United States?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

4. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did Balakian win a trophy at the end of his first year at the private high school?

2. What college did Balakian's father say was "better than its name"?

3. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?

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

5. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?

(see the answer key)

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