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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, Through Page 198.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word hokee mean?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Rest.
(c) Soul.
(d) Peace.

2. How many Armenians out of one group of 18,000 reached the city of Aleppo after their march?
(a) 150.
(b) 400.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

3. What kind of car did the Aroosian women drive during their house-viewing expeditions in 1958?
(a) An Oldsmobile.
(b) A Cadillac.
(c) A Ford.
(d) A Chevrolet.

4. What did Talaat Pasha predict the economic loss of the Armenians would be when he spoke to Morgenthau?
(a) Seven million pounds.
(b) Ten million pounds.
(c) Five million pounds.
(d) Two million pounds.

5. In what decade did Abdul Hamid massacre Armenians?
(a) 1890s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1880s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit does the spice mahleb come from?

2. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?

3. In grandmother's dream about her friend Nevart (described in "The Woman in Blue"), what was Nevart drinking?

4. Whose biography was Peter's grandmother reading when he came down late at night to get a bite to eat?

5. In what year did Balakian first discover a love for poetry while in English class?

(see the answer key)

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