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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. Where had Balakian learned the stories of the Bible?
(a) Within the family.
(b) Armenian Sunday school.
(c) From his Jewish friends.
(d) Armenian church.

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

3. In what part of Manhattan did Aunt Anna live?
(a) Upper West Side.
(b) Soho.
(c) Upper East Side.
(d) Morningside Heights.

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

5. To what Lebanese city was the Holy See of Cilicia relocated after the Armenian genocide?
(a) Sidon.
(b) Antelias.
(c) Tyre.
(d) Tripoli.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the Armenian King Leo V buried?

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

4. How many Turks did the Turkish-American groups claim had died during World War I?

5. For what did Balakian win a trophy at the end of his first year at the private high school?

(see the answer key)

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