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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Next.
(c) Hum hum.
(d) F.

2. What is a hamal?
(a) Turkish police officer.
(b) Ambassador.
(c) Dock loader.
(d) Government official.

3. To which American writer did Balakian send his poems while at Bucknell College?
(a) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
(b) Robert Pirsig.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

4. What team was Columbia playing when the fan had a heart attack?
(a) Yale.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

5. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?
(a) Courier.
(b) Taxi.
(c) Dry cleaning.
(d) Office cleaning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?

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

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

4. In what year did the book open?

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

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