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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. How does the narrator describe the time period when the story takes place?
(a) The olden days.
(b) The days of yore.
(c) The good old days.
(d) The days of my youth.

2. Where does Mourad run toward when looking for the horse?
(a) Byro's barn.
(b) The irrigation ditch.
(c) Zorab's house.
(d) Aram's house.

3. What is the first reason Aram finds Mourad's possession of a horse hard to believe?
(a) He thought Mourad was scared of horses.
(b) His family is too poor to buy a horse.
(c) He did not know Mourad could ride a horse.
(d) He had never seen a real horse before.

4. 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.

5. 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 would steal.
(b) He is sure most people in his family could afford a horse.
(c) He is sure most people in his family are as crazy as Mourad.
(d) He is sure no one is his family would ever steal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Mourad ride the horse before returning to Aram?

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

3. How is Mourad's father described?

4. Which relative of Aram's is described as having a furious temper?

5. What language does Mourad speak to Aram at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

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