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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the name Zivart mean in Armenian?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) Joy.

4. During the death march Dovey was on, what did the Armenians eat when they were near the Roman ruins at Ourfa?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of Syria is Der Zor located?

2. What was the Black Arrow?

3. What kind of business did Dovey's family run in the United States?

4. In what year did Auntie Lu's father arrive in New Jersey?

5. What is the traditional day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did American Ambassador Morgenthau attempt to help the Armenians?

2. Why was Balakian surprised the Syrian government suppressed published works about the Armenian genocide?

3. Why were the orders for deportation of all Armenians into the Syrian desert the equivalent of a death sentence?

4. How did the Turks use the geography of the land to make it easier to kill Armenians?

5. How has the Turkish government used its influence to prevent honest discussion of the Armenian genocide over the years?

6. What was the deeper significance of the way in which Dovey's father was killed?

7. What was significant about Nafina's attempt to seek compensation from the Turkish government by filing documents in the United States?

8. Why did Aunt Anna likely embrace surrealism rather than realism in literature?

9. Why did Balakian take the bones from the memorial site at Der Zor?

10. Why is Der Zor considered the Armenian equivalent of Auschwitz?

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