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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Armenian legend, what animal was Adam's first companion in the Garden of Eden?
(a) Musk ox.
(b) Elk.
(c) Snake.
(d) Tiger.

2. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?
(a) Paterson.
(b) Tenafly.
(c) Teaneck.
(d) Newark.

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

4. What grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?
(a) Wegman's.
(b) Kroger's.
(c) Safeway.
(d) A&P.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?

2. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?

3. What kind of trees do the silkworms come from?

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

5. How many months worth of canned evaporated milk were Americans advised to have on hand during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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