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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 baseball legend was Balakian reading about while he was sick with the measles?
(a) Jackie Robinson.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Roger Maris.
(d) Willie Mays.

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

3. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?
(a) New York Yankees.
(b) Chicago White Sox.
(c) Philadelphia Phillies.
(d) New York Mets.

4. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tahn.
(d) Rosewater.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the book open?

3. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?

4. What was the nickname of Arkayutiun, the soup Balakian ate while sick?

5. What kind of car did the Aroosian women drive during their house-viewing expeditions in 1958?

(see the answer key)

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