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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Khosrove do when his son finds him to deliver some urgent news?
(a) He scolds him for leaving the house.
(b) He yells for the police.
(c) He roars at him.
(d) He runs home with him.

2. How does Aram feel when he first gets on the horse alone?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Confused.
(c) Upset.
(d) Excited.

3. What adjective is used to describe Khosrove's hair?
(a) Short.
(b) Wild.
(c) Whispy.
(d) Powerful.

4. What does Mourad begin to do while the two are riding the horse?
(a) Sing.
(b) Scream.
(c) Whisper.
(d) Laugh.

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

6. How is Mourad's father described?
(a) Illogical.
(b) Practical.
(c) Comical.
(d) Maniacal.

7. What does Aram see his cousin has when he looks out of his bedroom window?
(a) A hog.
(b) A car.
(c) A horse.
(d) A donkey.

8. How does Aram describe the air while first riding the horse?
(a) Thick and difficult to breathe.
(b) New and lovely to breathe.
(c) Cool and refreshing.
(d) Warm and stifling.

9. What is Aram's family name?
(a) Garoghlanaian.
(b) Gertmenian.
(c) Gashgaryan.
(d) Georgyan.

10. What is happening just as Mourad returns to Aram?
(a) The sun is rising.
(b) It is starting to rain.
(c) The sun is setting.
(d) It becomes very windy.

11. What does Mourad say when Aram asks if he will have a chance to ride the horse alone as well?
(a) He says absolutely.
(b) He says he is too young.
(c) He says it is up to the horse.
(d) He ignores him and rides off.

12. What does the narrator say the world was filled with at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
(a) Every wonder available to man.
(b) Sunlight and green pastures.
(c) Every imaginable kind of magnificent.
(d) Open fields and endless dreams.

13. What word does Aram use at times when discussing his family?
(a) Clan.
(b) Crew.
(c) Tribe.
(d) Flock.

14. What phrase does Aram use to describe his family's financial status?
(a) Dirt poor.
(b) Poverty stricken.
(c) Filthy rich.
(d) Deep-pocketed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What words is used to describe the way most people in Aram's family view Mourad?

3. What time does the narrator's cousin arrive at his home at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

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

5. What is one of the reasons Aram thinks that what Mourad did is not really stealing?

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