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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chain of Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Balakian not like the works of Anais Nin, who was friends with his aunt?
(a) He found her works too difficult to understand.
(b) He found her works too realistic.
(c) He found her works too ironic.
(d) He found her works self-indulgent.

2. In what year did Peter's grandmother die?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.

3. At what age did Aunt Nona begin institutional schooling?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fifteen.

4. What is berek?
(a) A pistachio dessert.
(b) Kebabs.
(c) A rice dish.
(d) Cheese-filled filo triangles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did Balakian (at the urging of his aunt) reluctantly seek from William Saroyan?

2. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?

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

4. What singer did the man in the motorcycle jacket on the bus remind Peter of?

5. What kind of ice cream did grandmother buy Peter when they accidentally got off the subway in Harlem?

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