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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 German city did Diran Balakian study medicine?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Leipzig.
(c) Colgne.
(d) Munich.

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

3. What item, stolen from her family by the Turks, did Balakian's grandmother find in the home of a family in Aleppo?
(a) A rug.
(b) A painting.
(c) A silver tea set.
(d) A wall hanging.

4. What kind of ice cream did grandmother buy Peter when they accidentally got off the subway in Harlem?
(a) Popsicle.
(b) Creamsicle.
(c) Italian ice.
(d) Fudgsicle.

5. What is the name of the yogurt, water, and mint drink commonly found at Balakian family gatherings?
(a) Kadayif.
(b) Tourshi.
(c) Tahn.
(d) Bereks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?

2. What does the word hokee mean?

3. At what school did Aunt Anna teach French?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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