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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Commemoration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many words did the World Book encyclopedia have on Armenia when Balakian tried to research his culture?
(a) 100.
(b) 400.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

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

3. What is lokma?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Fried dough.
(c) Kebab.
(d) Doughnut.

4. In what year did Balakian's grandmother give a commemorative speech about the genocide?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

5. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Goat.
(d) Beef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town did Balakian's grandmother mention when she was discussing the death march, as he lay in bed sick?

2. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?

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

4. In what year did the Columbia Lions win the Rose Bowl?

5. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?

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