3. What was the name of the poet with whom Balakian started his journal?
(a) Jack Wheatcroft.
(b) Karl Shapiro.
(c) William Saroyan.
(d) Bruce Smith.

4. What does the name Arax mean?
(a) Turbulence.
(b) Current.
(c) Peace.
(d) Prosperity.

5. What is lokma?
(a) Fried dough.
(b) Doughnut.
(c) Kebab.
(d) Lamb.

6. What advice did Balakian (at the urging of his aunt) reluctantly seek from William Saroyan?
(a) Advice on breaking into poetry.
(b) Recommendations for typewriters.
(c) Recommendations for poetry journals.
(d) Advice on purchasing a car.

7. Where did Balakian and his father meet the Indian dressed as a chief during their cross-country tour?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Yellowstone.
(d) The Black Hills.

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

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

10. To what town was Balakian taking his girlfriend when he refused to return home for his grandmother's memorial service?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Boston.
(c) Amherst.
(d) Princeton.

11. In what grade was Peter during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Sixth.

12. What does odar mean?
(a) Turk.
(b) Other.
(c) Non-believer.
(d) Infidel.

13. At what age did Peter Balakian begin attending Columbia football games with his father?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

14. 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 ironic.
(c) He found her works too realistic.
(d) He found her works self-indulgent.

15. What does the word hokee mean?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Rest.
(c) Soul.
(d) Peace.