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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. What does Mourad say when Aram says he wishes he had a way with horses too?
(a) Mourad tells Aram it is in his blood.
(b) Mourad tells Aram he will never have a way with horses.
(c) Mourad tells Aram to keep dreaming.
(d) Mourad tells Aram that he will when he is older.

2. What does Aram ask Mourad after he tells him he knows a place to hide the horse?
(a) He asks how long ago he stole the horse.
(b) He asks if he plans to hide it at his house.
(c) He asks where the place is.
(d) He asks whose horse it is.

3. Where does Mourad bring the horse after they were done riding him?
(a) A deserted vineyard.
(b) A neighbor's house.
(c) An irrigation ditch.
(d) His best friend's barn.

4. What does Byro speak about when he is at Aram's house?
(a) His home country.
(b) His aching body.
(c) His stolen horse.
(d) His new barn.

5. What does John Byro tell Aram's mother about his horse after the boys return it?
(a) He says the horse is weak and frail.
(b) He says he is sure her son stole the horse.
(c) He says the police are searching for the horse thief.
(d) He says the horse is stronger and more well behaved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John Byro's occupation?

2. How long does Aram suggest Mourad keep the horse so he can learn to ride it?

3. How long did John Byro have to walk to get to Aram's house?

4. How does Mourad respond when Aram asks how long ago he stole the horse?

5. What does Khosrove say they all lost when Byro speaks of his horse?

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. What conversation do Mourad and John Byro have when he sees the boys with the horse?

3. Where is Mourad when Aram finds him at his house and what is he doing?

4. What does Aram's mother explain after Khosrove storms out of the house in anger?

5. What does Byro speak sadly of when visiting Aram's house the afternoon he and Mourad rode the horse?

6. How does Khosrove react to what Byro first mentions at Aram's house the afternoon he and Mourad rode the horse?

7. What two men visit Aram's house on the afternoon he and Mourad ride the white horse?

8. What does Mourad tell Aram when he asks how long ago he stole the horse?

9. What does Byro say about his need for a horse versus Khosrove's?

10. What makes Aram feel sure Mourad had taken the horse out many times before that day?

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