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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 was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?
(a) Next.
(b) Ugly.
(c) F.
(d) Hum hum.

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

3. What Biblical figure were the Jewish boys arguing about during the baseball game in "An Armenian Jew in Suburbia"?
(a) Joshua's wife.
(b) Noah's wife.
(c) Moses' wife.
(d) Abraham's wife.

4. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?
(a) Beef.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Goat.

5. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?

3. What is the name of the torte made with shredded wheat?

4. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?

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

(see the answer key)

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