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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. What advice did Balakian (at the urging of his aunt) reluctantly seek from William Saroyan?
(a) Advice on purchasing a car.
(b) Recommendations for typewriters.
(c) Advice on breaking into poetry.
(d) Recommendations for poetry journals.

2. In what year did Balakian's grandmother give a commemorative speech about the genocide?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

3. Where were Balakian and his father when the young woman spoke to the father about leaving her abusive husband?
(a) California.
(b) Washington.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Idaho.

4. What is a hamal?
(a) Dock loader.
(b) Turkish police officer.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Government official.

5. What American author was NOT mentioned as the topic of one of Aunt Anna's published literary books?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) Carson McCullers.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) William Faulkner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the Armenian King Leo V buried?

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

4. Why was Balakian's father unable to serve during World War II?

5. What item, stolen from her family by the Turks, did Balakian's grandmother find in the home of a family in Aleppo?

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