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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 yells for the police.
(b) He scolds him for leaving the house.
(c) He runs home with him.
(d) He roars at him.

2. What does Aram say about his family's status somewhere around 11 centuries ago?
(a) They were royalty.
(b) They were poor.
(c) They were wealthy.
(d) They were thieves.

3. What news does Khosrove's' son run from his house to tell his father?
(a) Their house was on fire.
(b) Their house had been robbed.
(c) His mother had died.
(d) Their horse had been stolen.

4. What time does the narrator's cousin arrive at his home at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 4 p.m.

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

6. Who is Mourad's father?
(a) Zorab.
(b) Khosrove.
(c) Zorro.
(d) Aram.

7. How is Khosrove described physically?
(a) Gigantic with light brown hair.
(b) Humungous with gray hair.
(c) Large with wild hair.
(d) Enormous with black hair.

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

9. 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.

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

11. How does Mourad respond when Aram asks him where he stole the horse?
(a) He tells him he will tell him later.
(b) He tells him to jump out of his window so he can go for a ride.
(c) He tells him to keep his mouth shut.
(d) He tells him he would never steal.

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

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

14. What does Aram say his family is famous for?
(a) Their honesty.
(b) Their arguing.
(c) Their dishonesty.
(d) Their cooking.

15. Who wrote "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
(a) William Saroyan.
(b) Mourad Saroyan.
(c) Saroyan Arak.
(d) Aram Mourad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Aram's family name?

3. What does Aram feel sure of about his family when he wonders how Mourad got the horse?

4. What word does Aram use at times when discussing his family?

5. To what street do Mourad and Aram ride the horse?

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