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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Balakian's first anti-hero?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) James Dean.
(c) Benjamin Braddock.
(d) Holden Caulfield.

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

3. What does the name Arax mean?
(a) Peace.
(b) Turbulence.
(c) Current.
(d) Prosperity.

4. What is the name of the torte made with shredded wheat?
(a) Nujuk.
(b) Titoomov.
(c) Paklava.
(d) Kadayif.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?

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

3. How many children were in the Wall family?

4. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?

5. In what year did the book open?

(see the answer key)

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