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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 meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Goat.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Beef.

2. What food did Balakian's mother bring when she visited during the talk by Allen Ginsberg?
(a) Kebabs.
(b) Lasagne.
(c) Baklava.
(d) Stuffed grape leaves.

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

4. What does the name Zivart mean in Armenian?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Joy.

5. In what city was the attorney's office which helped Balakian's grandmother file the compensation claim?
(a) Newark.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) New York.
(d) Tenafly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is bakshish?

2. Where was Balakian giving the poetry reading which his Aunt Anna attended?

3. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?

4. Approximately how many Armenian women were forced to dance in the Diarbekir square when Dovey saw them?

5. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?

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