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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the book open?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1959.

2. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?
(a) Paterson.
(b) Teaneck.
(c) Newark.
(d) Tenafly.

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

4. In what French town did Balakian's parents end up at a police station, after a dispute at a restaurant?
(a) Nimes.
(b) Bordeaux.
(c) Nice.
(d) Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many months worth of canned evaporated milk were Americans advised to have on hand during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

4. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?

5. What town did Balakian's grandmother mention when she was discussing the death march, as he lay in bed sick?

(see the answer key)

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