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

2. In what year did the book open?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1913.

3. What did Talaat Pasha predict the economic loss of the Armenians would be when he spoke to Morgenthau?
(a) Two million pounds.
(b) Ten million pounds.
(c) Seven million pounds.
(d) Five million pounds.

4. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?
(a) Silver and gold.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Silver and blue.
(d) Blue and gold.

5. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?
(a) Paris.
(b) Salzburg.
(c) Munich.
(d) Vienna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grocery store did Peter and his grandmother shop at?

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

3. What singer did the man in the motorcycle jacket on the bus remind Peter of?

4. What does the name Arax mean?

5. How many months worth of canned evaporated milk were Americans advised to have on hand during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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