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

2. In what grade was Peter during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Fifth.

3. What is lokma?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Fried dough.
(c) Doughnut.
(d) Kebab.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is pakht?

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

3. What singer did the man in the motorcycle jacket on the bus remind Peter of?

4. What stock did grandmother recommend buying after she had a dream?

5. What Biblical figure were the Jewish boys arguing about during the baseball game in "An Armenian Jew in Suburbia"?

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