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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the torte made with shredded wheat?
(a) Nujuk.
(b) Paklava.
(c) Titoomov.
(d) Kadayif.

2. What is pakht?
(a) The force of love.
(b) Love.
(c) The force of fate.
(d) Dreams.

3. How many months worth of canned evaporated milk were Americans advised to have on hand during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twenty-four months.
(d) Twelve monhs.

4. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?
(a) 25 BCE.
(b) 100 BCE.
(c) 50 BCE.
(d) 50 CE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?

2. What stock did grandmother recommend buying after she had a dream?

3. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?

4. What Biblical figure were the Jewish boys arguing about during the baseball game in "An Armenian Jew in Suburbia"?

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

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