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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 baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?
(a) Chicago White Sox.
(b) New York Yankees.
(c) New York Mets.
(d) Philadelphia Phillies.

2. How many Crusades passed through Byzantium on the way to the Holy Land?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. At what time did Balakian and his friend Ed Harrison routinely sneak out of their houses to explore the town?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

4. What was the name of the private school Balakian was made to attend for high school?
(a) Marbury.
(b) Tanglewood.
(c) Lawrenceville.
(d) Englewood.

5. What was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?
(a) Hum hum.
(b) F.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Next.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is pakht?

2. In what year did Balakian's father save the man having the heart attack at a Columbia game?

3. In what year did the book open?

4. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?

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

(see the answer key)

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