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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 was the Black Arrow?
(a) British warship.
(b) American warship.
(c) German warship.
(d) French warship.

2. What is the name of the torte made with shredded wheat?
(a) Kadayif.
(b) Titoomov.
(c) Nujuk.
(d) Paklava.

3. In his discussion of his Aunt Anna's education, what did Balakian say was the percentage of female PhD's in the early 1940s?
(a) 13%.
(b) 21?
(c) 16%.
(d) 8%.

4. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Goat.
(c) Beef.
(d) Chicken.

5. Approximately how many Armenian women were forced to dance in the Diarbekir square when Dovey saw them?
(a) 15 to 20.
(b) 25 to 30.
(c) 10 to 15.
(d) 20 to 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?

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

3. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?

4. Where did Franklin Delano Roosevelt attend prep school?

5. To which American writer did Balakian send his poems while at Bucknell College?

(see the answer key)

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