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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1938.

3. In what French town did Balakian's parents end up at a police station, after a dispute at a restaurant?
(a) Paris.
(b) Nice.
(c) Nimes.
(d) Bordeaux.

4. 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 baseball bat.
(c) A soccer ball.
(d) A tennis racket.

5. What baseball legend was Balakian reading about while he was sick with the measles?
(a) Jackie Robinson.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Roger Maris.
(d) Willie Mays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?

2. What color dress did Auntie Anna wear while delivering a talk at Balakian's college?

3. What does the phrase, "Mairig Asdvadzadzeen," mean?

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

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

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