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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word is used to describe what Khosrove does to stop anyone from talking?
2. What is Khosrove's son's name?
3. What news does Khosrove's' son run from his house to tell his father?
4. What word does Aram use at times when discussing his family?
5. What do Mourad and Aram argue about when Mourad is getting ready to ride the horse alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Aram tell himself to convince himself that his cousin's possession of the horse might not be stealing?
2. What is Mourad's reputation in Aram's family?
3. Who is Mourad's father and what is he like?
4. Why does Aram's cousin Mourad wake him up at 4 a.m. at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
5. How is the socio-economic status of the Garoghlanaian family described?
6. Why does Mourad have Aram get off the horse after they have ridden for a short time?
7. What is the Gargoghlanaian family famous for, according to the narrator at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
8. What does Mourad say when Aram asks him if he stole the horse?
9. What did Khosrove's son run to the barbershop to tell him one day and how did he respond?
10. How is life described from nine-year-old Aram's point of view at the start of "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the ending of “Summer of the Beautifully White Horse.” How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay analyzing the Saroyan's choice to write "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?
Essay Topic 3
"Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" is a male dominated story. Aram's mother is mentioned without any real character development. Write an essay exploring the impact of male characters on the story. Expound on the mother's presence in the story, or lack thereof, and what impact her character has on the narrative.
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