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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the traditional day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide?
(a) April 18.
(b) April 30.
(c) April 24.
(d) May 24.

2. In what Turkish city did Abdul Hamid loyalists carry out atrocities against the Armenians in 1909?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Adana.
(d) Ani.

3. How old was Aunt Gladys when the deportations began?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. How many Armenian children were in the school photograph taken in Aleppo in 1920?
(a) 60.
(b) 54.
(c) 64.
(d) 70.

5. What happened when 2,000 starving Armenian women and children stumbled through Aleppo, Syria in 1915?
(a) The Turkish officers ordered the Armenians removed.
(b) The local Syrians joined in attacking the Armenians.
(c) The Turkish officers attacked local Syrians.
(d) The local Syrians attacked Turkish officers.

6. At what age were young boys forcibly conscripted as Janissaries for the Ottoman Empire?
(a) Between 13 and 15.
(b) Between 12 and 14.
(c) Between 10 and 12.
(d) Between 11 and 13.

7. How long had Balakian's father known Dr. Reynadi?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 15 years.

8. Where did Balakian carry the bones he collected at Der Zor when he went through customs in New York?
(a) His jeans pocket.
(b) His check-in luggage.
(c) His coat pocket.
(d) A leather shoulder bag.

9. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Dry cleaning.
(c) Courier.
(d) Office cleaning.

10. What senator pushed for a 75th anniversary commemoration bill in 1989?
(a) Daniel Anouye.
(b) Robert Dole.
(c) Ted Stevens.
(d) Robert Byrd.

11. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1987.

12. According to the quote from Ambassador Morgenthau, for how many days did the 18,000 Armenians march, before arriving in Aleppo during an early death march?
(a) Sixty days.
(b) Ninety days.
(c) Eighty days.
(d) Seventy days.

13. What movie was showing on the airplane when Balakian returned to the United States?
(a) Ali.
(b) Million Dollar Baby.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Ray.

14. In what year was Morgenthau appointed ambassador to Turkey?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1908.

15. What city managed to protect itself from Turkish invaders in the 17th century, thereby stopping the expansion of Ottoman power throughout Western Europe?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Munich.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Talaat Pasha predict the economic loss of the Armenians would be when he spoke to Morgenthau?

2. How did Dovey's daughter Margaret die?

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

4. In what year did Balakian's grandmother give a commemorative speech about the genocide?

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

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