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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. What happens to Aram after just a short time of riding the horse?
(a) He falls off.
(b) He gets the hang of it.
(c) He steers the horse toward his house.
(d) He rides better than Mourad.

2. What does Mourad tell Aram he must do if he wants to ride the horse?
(a) Ask his mother.
(b) Ask his father.
(c) Make it quick.
(d) Get his boots.

3. What does Mourad do to get his horse going when he was riding alone?
(a) Pulls the reins.
(b) Kicks his heels into the horse.
(c) Whacks the horse with his hands.
(d) Pats the horse on the head.

4. What is one of the reasons Aram thinks that what Mourad did is not really stealing?
(a) Because the owner had given him permission to ride the horse.
(b) Because he works for the horse's owner.
(c) Because of how much the two boys are crazy about horses.
(d) Because he plans to return the horse.

5. What do Mourad and Aram argue about when Mourad is getting ready to ride the horse alone?
(a) Which of them has a way with a horse.
(b) Who should get to ride first.
(c) Whether they should return the horse or not.
(d) Whether Aram should be left alone while Mourad rides.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aram feel when he first gets on the horse alone?

2. Who is Mourad's father?

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

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

5. Where does Mourad run toward when looking for the horse?

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