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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. How many children were in the Wall family?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Seven.

2. In what year was Balakian sick with the measles?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

3. What disease did Balakian's grandmother almost die from when the family was in Aleppo?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Cholera.

4. What was Peter shocked to see his grandmother doing as she read late at night?
(a) Smoking a cigar.
(b) Drinking a beer.
(c) Drinking whiskey.
(d) Smoking a pipe.

5. What does the name Arax mean?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Current.
(c) Peace.
(d) Turbulence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of Mt. Ararat?

2. In what year did Auntie Lu's father arrive in New Jersey?

3. Where was the Armenian King Leo V buried?

4. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?

5. Where were the Roman ruins that Balakian wanted to visit while in Lebanon?

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