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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aram's cousin's name?

2. What does Aram see his cousin has when he looks out of his bedroom window?

3. What is the first reason Aram finds Mourad's possession of a horse hard to believe?

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

5. Who is Mourad's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aram tell himself to convince himself that his cousin's possession of the horse might not be stealing?

2. Who is Khosrove and how is he described?

3. Why does Aram's cousin Mourad wake him up at 4 a.m. at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

4. What is Aram's impression of Mourad's horseback riding skills?

5. What is Mourad's reputation in Aram's family?

6. How does Aram feel when he first rides the horse with his cousin?

7. Why is it so hard for Aram to believe his eyes when he sees his cousin Mourad on the horse?

8. What is Aram's experience like when he first rides the horse?

9. Why does Mourad have Aram get off the horse after they have ridden for a short time?

10. What is the Gargoghlanaian family famous for, according to the narrator at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

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