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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 kind of ice cream did grandmother buy Peter when they accidentally got off the subway in Harlem?
(a) Italian ice.
(b) Popsicle.
(c) Fudgsicle.
(d) Creamsicle.

2. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

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

4. Why did Balakian not like the works of Anais Nin, who was friends with his aunt?
(a) He found her works too difficult to understand.
(b) He found her works too realistic.
(c) He found her works self-indulgent.
(d) He found her works too ironic.

5. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?
(a) April 1918.
(b) May 1921.
(c) May 1919.
(d) June 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. What team was Columbia playing when the fan had a heart attack?

2. Where were Balakian and his father when the young woman spoke to the father about leaving her abusive husband?

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

4. When did Hitler mention the fact that nobody now remembered the Armenians?

5. About how many words did the World Book encyclopedia have on Armenia when Balakian tried to research his culture?

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