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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 many katchkars were at the Holy Martyrs Armenian Church in Der Zor?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Six.

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

3. What was the Syrian government doing when the bones of Der Zor victims were dug up?
(a) Probing for oil.
(b) Constructing a highway.
(c) Planning a new city.
(d) Probing for natural gas.

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

5. What treatment did Balakian's grandmother receive after suffering a breakdown because of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) Medication.
(b) Hospitalization.
(c) None.
(d) Electroshock therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Armenian soldiers defended their country when half a million Persian soldiers invaded in the fifth century?

2. About how many Armenians were sent on the forced marches into the desert during the first six months of the genocide?

3. In what German city did Diran Balakian study medicine?

4. What senator pushed for a 75th anniversary commemoration bill in 1989?

5. How long had Syria occupied Lebanon when Balakian visited?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Nafina's reaction to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?

4. How did Balakian's aunts justify the family's inability to talk about the genocide when he was a child?

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

6. How has Turkey's denial of the genocide affected its development as a modern nation?

7. Why was Balakian so affected by his visit to Aleppo, Syria?

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

9. According to Aunt Gladys, why did the Armenians in America never talk about the genocide?

10. Why did Balakian question his failure to ask questions as a child when he saw the names of the dead listed on his grandmother's compensation documents?

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