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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Commemoration.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is lokma?
(a) Doughnut.
(b) Kebab.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Fried dough.

4. In what year did the UN declare genocide a crime against humanity?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1943.

5. What does the word hokee mean?
(a) Rest.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Peace.
(d) Soul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?

3. According to a 1996 article in the New York Times, what did Turkey lead all other nations in?

4. Who did the Armenian refugee, Soghomon Tehlirian, assassinate in 1921?

5. What job was Balakian working at when he began reading as much as he could about the Armenian genocide, in "Before the Nazis"?

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