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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chain of Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the book open?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1962.

2. For what did Balakian win a trophy at the end of his first year at the private high school?
(a) Most likely to succeed.
(b) Most popular freshman.
(c) English student of the year.
(d) Freshman athlete of the year.

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

4. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?
(a) Armenian Sunday school.
(b) Armenian church.
(c) Within the family.
(d) From his Jewish friends.

5. What was Peter shocked to see his grandmother doing as she read late at night?
(a) Drinking a beer.
(b) Smoking a pipe.
(c) Smoking a cigar.
(d) Drinking whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit does the spice mahleb come from?

2. What book caused a racial flareup among the football players during Balakian's freshmen year at college?

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

4. What does the phrase, "Mairig Asdvadzadzeen," mean?

5. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?

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