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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what part of Syria is Der Zor located?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Western.

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

3. Why was Dr. Reyhadi refused admittance into the Balakian's country club?
(a) He was black.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) He was Persian.
(d) He was Muslim.

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

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

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

7. How long had Syria occupied Lebanon when Balakian visited?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 33 years.
(c) 29 years.
(d) 25 years.

8. Where were the Roman ruins that Balakian wanted to visit while in Lebanon?
(a) Baalbek.
(b) Tyre.
(c) Sidon.
(d) Byblos.

9. 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.

10. Where was Balakian giving the poetry reading which his Aunt Anna attended?
(a) Queens.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Staten Island.

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

12. Where was the Armenian King Leo V buried?
(a) Nice.
(b) St. Denis.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Paris.

13. In what year was Nersesian College founded?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1723.
(d) 1823.

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

15. Approximately how many Armenian women were forced to dance in the Diarbekir square when Dovey saw them?
(a) 20 to 25.
(b) 15 to 20.
(c) 25 to 30.
(d) 10 to 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Ivy League university was involved in many of the disputes about Turkish denial of the genocide?

2. In what city did Balakian's co-worker Jimmy grow up?

3. Until what year were Christians forbidden to serve in the Ottoman army?

4. Where did Balakian carry the bones he collected at Der Zor when he went through customs in New York?

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

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