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1. How is life described from nine-year-old Aram's point of view at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

For nine-year-old Aram, "[T]he world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream" (3).

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"?

Mourad wakes Aram at 4 a.m. to have him ride the horse he has before anyone wakes up.

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

Aram finds it all so unbelievable because his family is too poor to buy a horse. Aram's "first longings" (4) had been to ride a horse, which makes it all so much more difficult to believe.

4. How is the socio-economic status of the Garoghlanaian family described?

The Garoghlanaian family is said to be "poverty stricken" (4). The narrator says that "every branch of the Garoghlanaian family was living in the most amazing poverty in the world" (4).

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