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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 was Morgenthau appointed ambassador to Turkey?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1915.

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

3. 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) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

4. At what age were young boys forcibly conscripted as Janissaries for the Ottoman Empire?
(a) Between 13 and 15.
(b) Between 10 and 12.
(c) Between 12 and 14.
(d) Between 11 and 13.

5. What is bakshish?
(a) A salesperson.
(b) A legal document.
(c) A bribe.
(d) An army.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Peter's grandmother die?

3. What disease did Balakian's grandmother almost die from when the family was in Aleppo?

4. On how many hills was Constantinople built?

5. What was the lowest mark Balakian's female relatives gave to the houses they viewed during their Sunday drives?

(see the answer key)

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