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

2. What grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?
(a) Kroger's.
(b) A&P.
(c) Wegman's.
(d) Safeway.

3. What California town was the Armenian-American writer William Saroyan from?
(a) Fresno.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Lodi.
(d) San Francisco.

4. What Ginsberg poem did Balakian's mother want several copies of?
(a) Hum Bomb.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Howl.
(d) Please Master.

5. Where did Franklin Delano Roosevelt attend prep school?
(a) Andover.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Lawrenceville.
(d) Groton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?

2. What is the name of the torte made with shredded wheat?

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

4. What sports implement was hanging in the office of Dr. Cooley, the headmaster of Balakian's new private high school?

5. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?

(see the answer key)

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