View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Aram's family name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mourad's father and what is he like?

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

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

5. What does Mourad say when Aram asks him if he stole the horse?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 658 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample