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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the nickname of Arkayutiun, the soup Balakian ate while sick?
(a) Soup of Life.
(b) Soup of Heaven.
(c) Soup of Love.
(d) Soup of the Soul.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?

2. What is lokma?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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