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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

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

5. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?
(a) It is where the Ten Commandments were handed down.
(b) It is where the Armenian people accepted Christianity.
(c) It is where Noah's Ark reportedly landed.
(d) It is where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade was Peter during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

2. What instrument did Balakian's cousin Haigie play?

3. What junk food did Balakian reminisce about eating at the Dillstein's house?

4. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?

5. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?

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