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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, Through Page 198.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many words did the World Book encyclopedia have on Armenia when Balakian tried to research his culture?
(a) 500.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 400.

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

3. How many Crusades passed through Byzantium on the way to the Holy Land?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. What California town was the Armenian-American writer William Saroyan from?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Lodi.
(d) Fresno.

5. About how many Armenians were sent on the forced marches into the desert during the first six months of the genocide?
(a) 1.8 million.
(b) 800,000.
(c) 1.2 million.
(d) 1.5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade was Peter during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

2. What was the name of the private school Balakian was made to attend for high school?

3. Where did the Ottoman Turks originally come from?

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

5. What town did Balakian's grandmother mention when she was discussing the death march, as he lay in bed sick?

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