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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pp. 10 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mourad tell Aram about the horse while they are walking home after they rode it?
(a) Mourad tells Aram that the horse had run away from its owner.
(b) Mourad tells Aram that the horse was good from the start.
(c) Mourad tells Aram that training the horse was not easy.
(d) Mourad tells Aram that he has been riding the horse since he was young.

2. What word is used to describe what Khosrove does to stop anyone from talking?
(a) Roaring.
(b) Scolding.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Humiliating.

3. What does Mourad do to get his horse going when he was riding alone?
(a) Pats the horse on the head.
(b) Whacks the horse with his hands.
(c) Pulls the reins.
(d) Kicks his heels into the horse.

4. How long did John Byro have to walk to get to Aram's house?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 13 miles.

5. What type of bird is Mourad nursing back to health when Aram finds him outside his house?
(a) A chickadee.
(b) A woodpecker.
(c) A goldfinch.
(d) A robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it said that John Byro learned to speak Armenian?

2. What does Mourad tell John Byro the name of his horse is?

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

4. What does Aram say his "first longings" (4) were after seeing Mourad and the horse?

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

(see the answer key)

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