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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. What does odar mean?
(a) Other.
(b) Infidel.
(c) Turk.
(d) Non-believer.

2. What baseball legend was Balakian reading about while he was sick with the measles?
(a) Willie Mays.
(b) Roger Maris.
(c) Jackie Robinson.
(d) Babe Ruth.

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

4. What color were the kitchen cabinets in the Balakian's new home in Tenafly?
(a) Pine.
(b) Maple.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Oak.

5. What fruit does the spice mahleb come from?
(a) Fig.
(b) Pomegranate.
(c) Plum.
(d) Wild cherry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until what year were Christians forbidden to serve in the Ottoman army?

2. What was the nickname of Arkayutiun, the soup Balakian ate while sick?

3. Where was Balakian giving the poetry reading which his Aunt Anna attended?

4. What color dress did Auntie Anna wear while delivering a talk at Balakian's college?

5. How many Armenian soldiers defended their country when half a million Persian soldiers invaded in the fifth century?

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