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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Saroyan consider his "rival"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Faulkner.

2. What color dress did Auntie Anna wear while delivering a talk at Balakian's college?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

3. When did the first Armenian genocide resolution come before the U.S. Congress?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1988.

4. At what age did Peter Balakian begin attending Columbia football games with his father?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

5. Where did Franklin Delano Roosevelt attend prep school?
(a) Groton.
(b) Andover.
(c) Lawrenceville.
(d) Exeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Nersesian College founded?

2. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?

3. In what year did the author's family move to Tenafly, New Jersey?

4. Where was Balakian giving the poetry reading which his Aunt Anna attended?

5. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?

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