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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 job was Balakian working at when he began reading as much as he could about the Armenian genocide, in "Before the Nazis"?
(a) Cabbie.
(b) Bike messenger.
(c) UPS deliver man.
(d) Mail runner.

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

3. What senator pushed for a 75th anniversary commemoration bill in 1989?
(a) Ted Stevens.
(b) Robert Dole.
(c) Robert Byrd.
(d) Daniel Anouye.

4. In what year did Auntie Lu's father arrive in New Jersey?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1911.

5. In what German city did Diran Balakian study medicine?
(a) Munich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Leipzig.
(d) Colgne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Armenian King Leo V buried?

2. At what age did Peter Balakian begin attending Columbia football games with his father?

3. What was the nickname of Arkayutiun, the soup Balakian ate while sick?

4. In what year was Nersesian College founded?

5. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?

(see the answer key)

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