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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. Who did the Armenian refugee, Soghomon Tehlirian, assassinate in 1921?
(a) Djemal Pasha.
(b) Zia Gokalp.
(c) Enver Pasha.
(d) Talaat Pasha.

2. In what year was the Treaty of Lausanne signed?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1919.

3. What colors were the threads on the brocade of Mr. Blumenthal's yarmulke?
(a) Blue and gold.
(b) Silver and blue.
(c) Blue and yellow.
(d) Silver and gold.

4. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?
(a) Paterson.
(b) Teaneck.
(c) Newark.
(d) Tenafly.

5. According to the quote from Ambassador Morgenthau, for how many days did the 18,000 Armenians march, before arriving in Aleppo during an early death march?
(a) Sixty days.
(b) Ninety days.
(c) Eighty days.
(d) Seventy days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of trees do the silkworms come from?

2. What prize did William Saroyan turn down for his play, "The Time of Your Life," in 1943?

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

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

5. In what German city did Diran Balakian study medicine?

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