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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Balakian sick with the measles?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

2. What baseball team did Peter and his grandmother root for?
(a) New York Yankees.
(b) New York Mets.
(c) Chicago White Sox.
(d) Philadelphia Phillies.

3. What prize did William Saroyan turn down for his play, "The Time of Your Life," in 1943?
(a) Pulitzer.
(b) Tony.
(c) PEN.
(d) Nobel.

4. At what age did Aunt Nona begin institutional schooling?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?

2. What did the U.S. House of Representatives do in May 1996 as a protest against Turkish denials of the genocide?

3. To which American writer did Balakian send his poems while at Bucknell College?

4. In what year did Balakian's grandmother give a commemorative speech about the genocide?

5. What is the traditional day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide?

(see the answer key)

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