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

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

3. What singer did the man in the motorcycle jacket on the bus remind Peter of?
(a) Roy Orbison.
(b) Jerry Lee Lewis.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Buddy Holly.

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

5. Who was Balakian's first anti-hero?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) Benjamin Braddock.
(c) James Dean.
(d) Holden Caulfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Balakian and his father take a Greyhound bus across the United States?

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

3. What is the name of the yogurt, water, and mint drink commonly found at Balakian family gatherings?

4. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?

5. How many Armenian soldiers defended their country when half a million Persian soldiers invaded in the fifth century?

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