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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. At what time did Balakian and his friend Ed Harrison routinely sneak out of their houses to explore the town?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 1 a.m.

2. At what age did Peter Balakian begin attending Columbia football games with his father?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

3. Who was driving when the young men crashed the car in the middle of the night, in "Saturday Autumn II"?
(a) Ed Harrison.
(b) Tom Shadek.
(c) Bill Worth.
(d) Peter Balakian.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item, stolen from her family by the Turks, did Balakian's grandmother find in the home of a family in Aleppo?

2. In what city was Bishop Balakian buried?

3. In what year did the UN declare genocide a crime against humanity?

4. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?

5. Who was Balakian's first anti-hero?

(see the answer key)

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