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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 did Peter's grandmother die?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1966.

2. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Ten.

3. What fruit does the spice mahleb come from?
(a) Fig.
(b) Pomegranate.
(c) Plum.
(d) Wild cherry.

4. Until what year were Christians forbidden to serve in the Ottoman army?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1915.

5. What is involved in the torture method called bastinado?
(a) Pulling out fingernails.
(b) Beating the soles of the feet.
(c) Hot pincers.
(d) Waterboarding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What degree was Balakian's girlfriend working on when he visited her, instead of going to his grandmother's memorial service?

2. How old was Aunt Gladys when the deportations began?

3. To what town was Balakian taking his girlfriend when he refused to return home for his grandmother's memorial service?

4. What popular song was played at Lenny Cohen's bar mitzvah?

5. What college did Balakian's father say was "better than its name"?

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