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

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

3. Whose voice did Balakian describe as hitting him "as broken glass under a tire"?
(a) Jackie Wilson.
(b) Roy Orbison.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Elvis Presley.

4. According to the compensation claim document, how old was Nafina's father when he was killed?
(a) 70.
(b) 58.
(c) 65.
(d) 75.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What American author was NOT mentioned as the topic of one of Aunt Anna's published literary books?

2. In what year was the Treaty of Lausanne signed?

3. In what year did Balakian first discover a love for poetry while in English class?

4. How long had Balakian's father known Dr. Reynadi?

5. In what part of Manhattan did Aunt Anna live?

(see the answer key)

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