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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What fruit does the spice mahleb come from?
(a) Plum.
(b) Fig.
(c) Pomegranate.
(d) Wild cherry.

4. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?
(a) It is where the Ten Commandments were handed down.
(b) It is where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son.
(c) It is where Noah's Ark reportedly landed.
(d) It is where the Armenian people accepted Christianity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?

2. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?

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

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

5. What is pakht?

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