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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the Armenian refugee, Soghomon Tehlirian, assassinate in 1921?
(a) Djemal Pasha.
(b) Zia Gokalp.
(c) Enver Pasha.
(d) Talaat Pasha.

2. Where were the Roman ruins visited by Balakian in Syria, after his visit to Der Zor?
(a) Palymra.
(b) Aleppo.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Zenobia.

3. In what year did Armenian refuges settle in Anjar?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1945.

4. Who was Zia Gokalp?
(a) The Turkish Foreign Minister.
(b) The Turkish propadandist.
(c) The Turkish head of state.
(d) The Turkish military commander.

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

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

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

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

9. What did Nafina work as in Aleppo, before emigrating to the United States?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A tailoress.
(c) A maid.
(d) A cook.

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

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

12. How many Armenians out of one group of 18,000 reached the city of Aleppo after their march?
(a) 500.
(b) 400.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 150.

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

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

15. In what year did the Young Turks take over the crumbling Ottoman Empire?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1910.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when 2,000 starving Armenian women and children stumbled through Aleppo, Syria in 1915?

3. 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?

4. How did Dovey's daughter Margaret die?

5. What was the Syrian government doing when the bones of Der Zor victims were dug up?

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