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

2. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?
(a) Heartbreak Hotel.
(b) Mack the Knife.
(c) The Twist.
(d) I Want to Hold Your Hand.

3. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?
(a) June 1920.
(b) May 1919.
(c) May 1921.
(d) April 1918.

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

5. To which American writer did Balakian send his poems while at Bucknell College?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Robert Pirsig.
(d) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?

2. What California town was the Armenian-American writer William Saroyan from?

3. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?

4. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?

5. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?

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