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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 was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?
(a) Hum hum.
(b) Next.
(c) F.
(d) Ugly.

2. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?
(a) It is where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son.
(b) It is where the Ten Commandments were handed down.
(c) It is where the Armenian people accepted Christianity.
(d) It is where Noah's Ark reportedly landed.

3. What does the phrase, "Mairig Asdvadzadzeen," mean?
(a) Son of God.
(b) Mother of God.
(c) Holy Ghost.
(d) Holy Spirit.

4. What Ginsberg poem did Balakian's mother want several copies of?
(a) Hum Bomb.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Please Master.
(d) Howl.

5. According to the compensation claim document, how old was Nafina's father when he was killed?
(a) 58.
(b) 75.
(c) 70.
(d) 65.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Armenian soldiers defended their country when half a million Persian soldiers invaded in the fifth century?

2. In what city was Bishop Balakian buried?

3. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?

4. In what French town did Balakian's parents end up at a police station, after a dispute at a restaurant?

5. At what age did Peter Balakian begin attending Columbia football games with his father?

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