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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 kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?
(a) Pate.
(b) Beef.
(c) Fish.
(d) Chicken.

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

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

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

5. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?

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

3. What was Peter shocked to see his grandmother doing as she read late at night?

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

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

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