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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VII: Syria 2005.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

2. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eleven.

3. What did Aunt Nona major in while at Barnard?
(a) Economics.
(b) History.
(c) French.
(d) English.

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

5. What team was Columbia playing when the fan had a heart attack?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What junk food did Balakian reminisce about eating at the Dillstein's house?

2. To what Lebanese city was the Holy See of Cilicia relocated after the Armenian genocide?

3. What treatment did Balakian's grandmother receive after suffering a breakdown because of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

4. Who was driving when the young men crashed the car in the middle of the night, in "Saturday Autumn II"?

5. In what city was the attorney's office which helped Balakian's grandmother file the compensation claim?

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