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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. To what town was Balakian taking his girlfriend when he refused to return home for his grandmother's memorial service?
(a) Boston.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Princeton.

2. What Biblical figure were the Jewish boys arguing about during the baseball game in "An Armenian Jew in Suburbia"?
(a) Moses' wife.
(b) Noah's wife.
(c) Joshua's wife.
(d) Abraham's wife.

3. What American author was NOT mentioned as the topic of one of Aunt Anna's published literary books?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) Carson McCullers.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?
(a) It is where the Ten Commandments were handed down.
(b) It is where Noah's Ark reportedly landed.
(c) It is where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son.
(d) It is where the Armenian people accepted Christianity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?

2. According to the compensation claim document, how old was Nafina's father when he was killed?

3. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?

4. What does the name Arax mean?

5. What poet's work was the class dissecting when Balakian challenged another student's interpretation of the words?

(see the answer key)

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