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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What junk food did Balakian reminisce about eating at the Dillstein's house?
(a) Hostess Cupcakes.
(b) Devil Dogs.
(c) Mallomars.
(d) Ding-Dongs.

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

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

4. What injury did Balakian sustain on the football field during August practice before his sophomore year?
(a) Heatstroke.
(b) Pulled Achilles' heel.
(c) Torn knee ligament.
(d) Heat exhaustion.

5. Why was Balakian's father unable to serve during World War II?
(a) Poor hearing.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) A limp.
(d) Poor eyesight.

6. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?
(a) Five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

7. In what year did Balakian and his father take a Greyhound bus across the United States?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1963.

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

9. In what year did Roman Emperor Constantine turn Byzantium into the imperial residence?
(a) 300 A.D.
(b) 430 A.D.
(c) 275 A.D.
(d) 330 A.D.

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

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

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

13. What kind of car did the Aroosian women drive during their house-viewing expeditions in 1958?
(a) An Oldsmobile.
(b) A Ford.
(c) A Cadillac.
(d) A Chevrolet.

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

15. What did Aunt Nona major in while at Barnard?
(a) French.
(b) History.
(c) English.
(d) Economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American author was NOT mentioned as the topic of one of Aunt Anna's published literary books?

2. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?

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

4. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?

5. For what did Balakian win a trophy at the end of his first year at the private high school?

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