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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. How many children were in the Wall family?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

2. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?
(a) 105.
(b) 102.
(c) 104.
(d) 106.

3. What Biblical figure were the Jewish boys arguing about during the baseball game in "An Armenian Jew in Suburbia"?
(a) Moses' wife.
(b) Joshua's wife.
(c) Noah's wife.
(d) Abraham's wife.

4. For what did Balakian win a trophy at the end of his first year at the private high school?
(a) English student of the year.
(b) Most popular freshman.
(c) Most likely to succeed.
(d) Freshman athlete of the year.

5. 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 self-indulgent.
(d) He found her works too ironic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?

2. What kind of car did the Aroosian women drive during their house-viewing expeditions in 1958?

3. At what school did Aunt Anna teach French?

4. In what year did Roman Emperor Constantine turn Byzantium into the imperial residence?

5. What kind of trees do the silkworms come from?

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