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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 name of the poet with whom Balakian started his journal?
(a) Karl Shapiro.
(b) William Saroyan.
(c) Jack Wheatcroft.
(d) Bruce Smith.

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

3. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?
(a) Blue and yellow.
(b) Silver and blue.
(c) Silver and gold.
(d) Blue and gold.

4. According to the compensation claim document, how old was Nafina's father when he was killed?
(a) 75.
(b) 70.
(c) 65.
(d) 58.

5. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?
(a) Munich.
(b) Salzburg.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is berek?

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

3. What color dress did Auntie Anna wear while delivering a talk at Balakian's college?

4. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?

5. Where did Nafina and Dovey bump into each other in New York, several years after the genocide?

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