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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the time period when the story takes place?
(a) The good old days.
(b) The olden days.
(c) The days of yore.
(d) The days of my youth.

2. What phrase does Aram use to describe his family's financial status?
(a) Poverty stricken.
(b) Filthy rich.
(c) Deep-pocketed.
(d) Dirt poor.

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

4. What does Aram say about his family's status somewhere around 11 centuries ago?
(a) They were wealthy.
(b) They were poor.
(c) They were royalty.
(d) They were thieves.

5. What is Khosrove's son's name?
(a) Aram.
(b) Zorab.
(c) Arak.
(d) Mourad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Mourad ride the horse before returning to Aram?

2. Where does Mourad run toward when looking for the horse?

3. What do Mourad and Aram argue about when Mourad is getting ready to ride the horse alone?

4. What does Mourad say when Aram asks if he will have a chance to ride the horse alone as well?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Khosrove and how is he described?

2. How does Aram feel when he first rides the horse with his cousin?

3. Why does Aram's cousin Mourad wake him up at 4 a.m. at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?

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

5. Who is Mourad's father and what is he like?

6. What is Mourad's reputation in Aram's family?

7. What does Aram tell himself to convince himself that his cousin's possession of the horse might not be stealing?

8. What is Aram's impression of Mourad's horseback riding skills?

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

10. What does Mourad say when Aram asks him if he stole the horse?

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