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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Commemoration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) Dovey was Nafina's second cousin.
(c) Dovey was Nafina's niece.
(d) They were sisters.

2. What injury did Balakian sustain on the football field during August practice before his sophomore year?
(a) Heat exhaustion.
(b) Pulled Achilles' heel.
(c) Heatstroke.
(d) Torn knee ligament.

3. Who was driving when the young men crashed the car in the middle of the night, in "Saturday Autumn II"?
(a) Ed Harrison.
(b) Tom Shadek.
(c) Bill Worth.
(d) Peter Balakian.

4. Who signed the documents outlining the Turkish plan for the extermination of the Armenian nation?
(a) Enver Pasha.
(b) Talaat Pasha.
(c) Abdul Hamid.
(d) Djemal Pasha.

5. To what town was Balakian taking his girlfriend when he refused to return home for his grandmother's memorial service?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Boston.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Amherst.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?

2. What sports implement was hanging in the office of Dr. Cooley, the headmaster of Balakian's new private high school?

3. What was the name of the poet with whom Balakian started his journal?

4. Where were Balakian and his father when the young woman spoke to the father about leaving her abusive husband?

5. What poet's work was the class dissecting when Balakian challenged another student's interpretation of the words?

(see the answer key)

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