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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: pp 1 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what street do Mourad and Aram ride the horse?
(a) Olive St.
(b) Farm St.
(c) Plum St.
(d) Grape St.

2. What does Mourad yell to get the horse going when he is riding alone?
(a) Let's go.
(b) Giddy up.
(c) Onward.
(d) Vazire.

3. What does Mourad tell Aram to do after they had been riding the horse for a little while?
(a) He takes Aram home.
(b) He returns the horse.
(c) He feeds the horse.
(d) He tells him to get off the horse.

4. What does Aram feel sure of about his family when he wonders how Mourad got the horse?
(a) He is sure most people in his family are as crazy as Mourad.
(b) He is sure most people in his family could afford a horse.
(c) He is sure no one is his family would ever steal.
(d) He is sure most people in his family would steal.

5. What does Aram say his "first longings" (4) were after seeing Mourad and the horse?
(a) To run away.
(b) To feed a horse.
(c) To ride a horse.
(d) To spend time with Mourad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Khosrove when his son runs to tell him some urgent news?

2. Who wrote "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

3. What does the narrator say the world was filled with at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

4. What does Aram say Mourad was considered the natural descendant of?

5. What do Mourad and Aram argue about when Mourad is getting ready to ride the horse alone?

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