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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Aram after just a short time of riding the horse?
(a) He steers the horse toward his house.
(b) He falls off.
(c) He gets the hang of it.
(d) He rides better than Mourad.

2. What language does Mourad speak to Aram at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Greek.
(c) English.
(d) Armenian.

3. What word does Aram use at times when discussing his family?
(a) Crew.
(b) Tribe.
(c) Flock.
(d) Clan.

4. What does Aram say Mourad was considered the natural descendant of?
(a) The intelligent streak.
(b) Khosrove.
(c) The crazy streak.
(d) Zorab.

5. How old is Aram in "The Summer of the White Horse"?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

6. What does Aram say his "first longings" (4) were after seeing Mourad and the horse?
(a) To run away.
(b) To ride a horse.
(c) To spend time with Mourad.
(d) To feed a horse.

7. What does the narrator say the world was filled with at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
(a) Every wonder available to man.
(b) Open fields and endless dreams.
(c) Every imaginable kind of magnificent.
(d) Sunlight and green pastures.

8. What is Aram's family name?
(a) Gertmenian.
(b) Garoghlanaian.
(c) Georgyan.
(d) Gashgaryan.

9. Who is Mourad's father?
(a) Zorro.
(b) Aram.
(c) Khosrove.
(d) Zorab.

10. Which relative of Aram's is described as having a furious temper?
(a) Mourad.
(b) Arak.
(c) Byro.
(d) Khosrove.

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

12. How does Aram's cousin wake him up at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
(a) By ringing his doorbell.
(b) By yelling in his year.
(c) By tapping his window.
(d) By pulling his blankets off of him.

13. What is one of the reasons Aram thinks that what Mourad did is not really stealing?
(a) Because he plans to return the horse.
(b) Because of how much the two boys are crazy about horses.
(c) Because he works for the horse's owner.
(d) Because the owner had given him permission to ride the horse.

14. How does Aram describe the air while first riding the horse?
(a) Cool and refreshing.
(b) New and lovely to breathe.
(c) Thick and difficult to breathe.
(d) Warm and stifling.

15. What does Mourad yell to get the horse going when he is riding alone?
(a) Onward.
(b) Vazire.
(c) Giddy up.
(d) Let's go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mourad tell Aram to do after they had been riding the horse for a little while?

2. To what street do Mourad and Aram ride the horse?

3. What does Aram say about his family's status somewhere around 11 centuries ago?

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

5. Where is Khosrove when his son runs to tell him some urgent news?

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