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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. In what year did Balakian and his father take a Greyhound bus across the United States?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1966.

2. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?
(a) Within the family.
(b) From his Jewish friends.
(c) Armenian Sunday school.
(d) Armenian church.

3. In what year did the Young Turks take over the crumbling Ottoman Empire?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1912.

4. What was the name of the private school Balakian was made to attend for high school?
(a) Lawrenceville.
(b) Englewood.
(c) Marbury.
(d) Tanglewood.

5. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?
(a) Beef.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is berek?

2. About how many Armenians were sent on the forced marches into the desert during the first six months of the genocide?

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. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?

5. What Ginsberg poem did Balakian's mother want several copies of?

(see the answer key)

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