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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 was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Next.
(c) Hum hum.
(d) F.

2. In what French town did Balakian's parents end up at a police station, after a dispute at a restaurant?
(a) Paris.
(b) Nice.
(c) Nimes.
(d) Bordeaux.

3. What was the name of the poetry journal Balakian founded in 1976?
(a) Graham House Review.
(b) Crabtree Lane Review.
(c) Oak Street Review.
(d) Surrealism Review.

4. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were sisters.
(c) Dovey was Nafina's niece.
(d) Dovey was Nafina's second cousin.

5. At what age did Aunt Nona begin institutional schooling?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What book caused a racial flareup among the football players during Balakian's freshmen year at college?

4. What did Aunt Nona major in while at Barnard?

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

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