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

2. What is berek?
(a) A rice dish.
(b) Kebabs.
(c) A pistachio dessert.
(d) Cheese-filled filo triangles.

3. In what year was Balakian sick with the measles?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1959.

4. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?
(a) Tahn.
(b) Rosewater.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Beer.

5. What junk food did Balakian reminisce about eating at the Dillstein's house?
(a) Mallomars.
(b) Ding-Dongs.
(c) Devil Dogs.
(d) Hostess Cupcakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?

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

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

4. Who was Balakian's first anti-hero?

5. What is pakht?

(see the answer key)

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