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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Aram say his family is famous for?
2. What does Aram say Mourad was considered the natural descendant of?
3. What word is used to describe what Khosrove does to stop anyone from talking?
4. What does Khosrove do when his son finds him to deliver some urgent news?
5. What words is used to describe the way most people in Aram's family view Mourad?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Mourad have Aram get off the horse after they have ridden for a short time?
2. Why does Aram's cousin Mourad wake him up at 4 a.m. at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
3. What does Mourad say when Aram asks him if he stole the horse?
4. How is the socio-economic status of the Garoghlanaian family described?
5. Why is it so hard for Aram to believe his eyes when he sees his cousin Mourad on the horse?
6. What does Aram tell himself to convince himself that his cousin's possession of the horse might not be stealing?
7. Who is Mourad's father and what is he like?
8. What is Aram's impression of Mourad's horseback riding skills?
9. What is the Gargoghlanaian family famous for, according to the narrator at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
10. How does Aram feel when he first rides the horse with his cousin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Saroyan's decision to tell the story using third person point-of-view from Aram's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the imagery used in “Summer of the Beautiful White Horse.” Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on the theme of suspicion in "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse." What are some examples of suspicion in the story? What characters are suspicious? When and why? How does these characters talk themselves out of their suspicions and why might they do this?
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