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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 fruit does the spice mahleb come from?
(a) Fig.
(b) Pomegranate.
(c) Wild cherry.
(d) Plum.

2. According to Armenian legend, what animal was Adam's first companion in the Garden of Eden?
(a) Snake.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Elk.
(d) Musk ox.

3. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?
(a) I Want to Hold Your Hand.
(b) The Twist.
(c) Mack the Knife.
(d) Heartbreak Hotel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What baseball legend was Balakian reading about while he was sick with the measles?

2. How many children were in the Wall family?

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

4. What grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?

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

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