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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 color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?
(a) Maple.
(b) Pine.
(c) Oak.
(d) Cherry.

2. What junk food did Balakian reminisce about eating at the Dillstein's house?
(a) Devil Dogs.
(b) Mallomars.
(c) Ding-Dongs.
(d) Hostess Cupcakes.

3. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 100,000.

4. What was the nickname of Arkayutiun, the soup Balakian ate while sick?
(a) Soup of Love.
(b) Soup of Life.
(c) Soup of Heaven.
(d) Soup of the Soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?

2. According to Armenian legend, what animal was Adam's first companion in the Garden of Eden?

3. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?

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

5. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?

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