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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. What California town was the Armenian-American writer William Saroyan from?
(a) Lodi.
(b) Fresno.
(c) Oakland.
(d) San Francisco.

2. How many Armenian soldiers defended their country when half a million Persian soldiers invaded in the fifth century?
(a) 60,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 75,000.

3. In what part of Manhattan did Aunt Anna live?
(a) Upper West Side.
(b) Upper East Side.
(c) Soho.
(d) Morningside Heights.

4. What item, stolen from her family by the Turks, did Balakian's grandmother find in the home of a family in Aleppo?
(a) A rug.
(b) A silver tea set.
(c) A wall hanging.
(d) A painting.

5. Why did Balakian not like the works of Anais Nin, who was friends with his aunt?
(a) He found her works too ironic.
(b) He found her works self-indulgent.
(c) He found her works too realistic.
(d) He found her works too difficult to understand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children were in the Wall family?

3. In his discussion of his Aunt Anna's education, what did Balakian say was the percentage of female PhD's in the early 1940s?

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

5. What kind of trees do the silkworms come from?

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