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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, Through Page 198.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Ottoman Turks originally come from?
(a) China.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Tibet.

2. What stock did grandmother recommend buying after she had a dream?
(a) AT&T.
(b) GE.
(c) NBC.
(d) IBM.

3. What is the name of the torte made with shredded wheat?
(a) Titoomov.
(b) Kadayif.
(c) Nujuk.
(d) Paklava.

4. Why was Balakian's father unable to serve during World War II?
(a) High blood pressure.
(b) Poor hearing.
(c) A limp.
(d) Poor eyesight.

5. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?
(a) Paterson.
(b) Tenafly.
(c) Teaneck.
(d) Newark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Peter shocked to see his grandmother doing as she read late at night?

3. What anniversary was the Soviet Armenian Republic celebrating when Balakian's father wrote to his son at college urging him to learn more about the country?

4. Until what year were Christians forbidden to serve in the Ottoman army?

5. What does the name Arax mean?

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