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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 year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1960.

2. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1977.

3. In his discussion of his Aunt Anna's education, what did Balakian say was the percentage of female PhD's in the early 1940s?
(a) 21?
(b) 13%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 8%.

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

5. What is berek?
(a) A rice dish.
(b) Cheese-filled filo triangles.
(c) Kebabs.
(d) A pistachio dessert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?

2. What Biblical figure were the Jewish boys arguing about during the baseball game in "An Armenian Jew in Suburbia"?

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

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

5. What does the word hokee mean?

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