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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 words is used to describe the breakfast Aram ate when he returned home?
2. What does Mourad say when Aram asks what they will do with the horse?
3. What does Khosrove say to Byro about the body pains he complains of?
4. Who is the first visitor at Aram's house the afternoon he rode the horse with Mourad?
5. What does Aram's mother say about Khosrove after he storms away during Byro's visit?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Aram want Mourad to do with the horse after he find out is belongs to John Byro and why?
2. Where is Mourad when Aram finds him at his house and what is he doing?
3. What does Mourad tell Aram about how he was able to train the horse so well?
4. What does Byro speak sadly of when visiting Aram's house the afternoon he and Mourad rode the horse?
5. Where do Mourad and Aram bring the horse after they are done riding him?
6. What do the boys do the day after they run into John Byro with his horse?
7. What makes Aram feel sure Mourad had taken the horse out many times before that day?
8. What does Mourad tell Aram when he asks how long ago he stole the horse?
9. How does Khosrove react to what Byro first mentions at Aram's house the afternoon he and Mourad rode the horse?
10. What does Aram's mother explain after Khosrove storms out of the house in anger?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a brief essay analyzing the Saroyan's choice to write "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in William Saroyan's “Summer of the Beautiful White Horse.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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