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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Balakian and his father meet the Indian dressed as a chief during their cross-country tour?
(a) Yellowstone.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Arizona.
(d) The Black Hills.

3. How many children were in the Wall family?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

4. 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?
(a) 40th.
(b) 30th.
(c) 50th.
(d) 25th.

5. Who did the Armenian refugee, Soghomon Tehlirian, assassinate in 1921?
(a) Talaat Pasha.
(b) Djemal Pasha.
(c) Enver Pasha.
(d) Zia Gokalp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is involved in the torture method called bastinado?

2. What job was Balakian working at when he began reading as much as he could about the Armenian genocide, in "Before the Nazis"?

3. What was Balakian's temperature when he was delirious with the measles?

4. For what did Balakian win a trophy at the end of his first year at the private high school?

5. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?

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