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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Balakian's father save the man having the heart attack at a Columbia game?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1958.

3. Where did the Ottoman Turks originally come from?
(a) China.
(b) Tibet.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Nepal.

4. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?
(a) Armenian Sunday school.
(b) From his Jewish friends.
(c) Within the family.
(d) Armenian church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Arax mean?

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

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

4. In what year did the book open?

5. On how many hills was Constantinople built?

(see the answer key)

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