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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?
(a) Jackie Wilson.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Roy Orbison.
(d) Elvis Presley.

2. What town did Balakian's grandmother mention when she was discussing the death march, as he lay in bed sick?
(a) Aleppo.
(b) Der Zor.
(c) Diarbekir.
(d) Constantinople.

3. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Eleven.

4. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?
(a) Fish.
(b) Pate.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Beef.

5. What is berek?
(a) Cheese-filled filo triangles.
(b) A rice dish.
(c) A pistachio dessert.
(d) Kebabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?

2. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?

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

4. What was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?

5. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?

(see the answer key)

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