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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. In what grade was Peter during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Eighth.

2. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?
(a) Armenian church.
(b) From his Jewish friends.
(c) Armenian Sunday school.
(d) Within the family.

3. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?
(a) Silver and gold.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Silver and blue.
(d) Blue and gold.

4. How many Crusades passed through Byzantium on the way to the Holy Land?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. In what Turkish city did Abdul Hamid loyalists carry out atrocities against the Armenians in 1909?
(a) Adana.
(b) Ani.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Constantinople.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Balakian's cousin Haigie play?

2. What singer did the man in the motorcycle jacket on the bus remind Peter of?

3. What was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?

4. What advice did Balakian (at the urging of his aunt) reluctantly seek from William Saroyan?

5. In what French town did Balakian's parents end up at a police station, after a dispute at a restaurant?

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