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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Eleven.

2. In what year did Peter's grandmother die?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1966.

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

4. In what French town did Balakian's parents end up at a police station, after a dispute at a restaurant?
(a) Nimes.
(b) Paris.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) Nice.

5. What kind of car did the Aroosian women drive during their house-viewing expeditions in 1958?
(a) A Chevrolet.
(b) An Oldsmobile.
(c) A Ford.
(d) A Cadillac.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?

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

3. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?

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

5. What is lokma?

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