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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 many months worth of canned evaporated milk were Americans advised to have on hand during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Twenty-four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Twelve monhs.

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

3. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?
(a) 100 BCE.
(b) 50 BCE.
(c) 25 BCE.
(d) 50 CE.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year did Peter's grandmother die?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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