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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 color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?
(a) Oak.
(b) Maple.
(c) Pine.
(d) Cherry.

2. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 150,000.

3. How many months worth of canned evaporated milk were Americans advised to have on hand during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Twelve monhs.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twenty-four months.
(d) Eighteen months.

4. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?
(a) Newark.
(b) Paterson.
(c) Teaneck.
(d) Tenafly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did Balakian and his friend Ed Harrison routinely sneak out of their houses to explore the town?

2. Who was Balakian's first anti-hero?

3. How many minutes were Balakian's phone calls restricted to when he was twelve?

4. What instrument did Balakian's cousin Haigie play?

5. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?

(see the answer key)

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