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

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

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

5. In what city did Balakian's co-worker Jimmy grow up?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Durham.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Turks did the Turkish-American groups claim had died during World War I?

2. In what Turkish city did Abdul Hamid loyalists carry out atrocities against the Armenians in 1909?

3. In what year was the memoir Armenian Golgotha reissued (in Armenian)?

4. How many katchkars were at the Holy Martyrs Armenian Church in Der Zor?

5. In what year was Haigazian University founded?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Balakian eventually come to see his family's silence about the genocide as a gift?

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

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

5. Why did the Armenians form reform movements under Ottoman rule during the 1890s?

6. What was significant about the murder of 250 Armenian intellectuals on the eve of the genocide and what was significant about Bishop Balakian's survival?

7. What was the deeper significance of the 500 pairs of shoes stolen by the Turks from Balakian's grandfather?

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

9. How was the Armenian-Lebanese town of Anjar settled?

10. What were the Young Turks like in terms of personality and education?

(see the answer keys)

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