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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What baseball legend was Balakian reading about while he was sick with the measles?
(a) Willie Mays.
(b) Jackie Robinson.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Roger Maris.

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

5. What singer did the man in the motorcycle jacket on the bus remind Peter of?
(a) Roy Orbison.
(b) Buddy Holly.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Jerry Lee Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Arax mean?

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

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

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

5. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?

(see the answer key)

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