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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Balakian's father save the man having the heart attack at a Columbia game?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1960.

2. How was Dovey related to Balakian's grandmother?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) Dovey was Nafina's niece.
(c) Dovey was Nafina's second cousin.
(d) They were sisters.

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

4. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?
(a) Rosewater.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tahn.
(d) Beer.

5. In what Turkish city did Abdul Hamid loyalists carry out atrocities against the Armenians in 1909?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Ani.
(c) Adana.
(d) Ankara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Balakian's first anti-hero?

2. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?

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

4. What advice did Balakian (at the urging of his aunt) reluctantly seek from William Saroyan?

5. What does the name Arax mean?

(see the answer key)

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