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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dunn’s role in this book?
(a) The antagonist.
(b) The main character.
(c) A narrator.
(d) A researcher.

2. What is a Qadi?
(a) A mapmaker.
(b) A healer.
(c) A judge.
(d) A storyteller.

3. What did Battuta do while waiting for a hajj?
(a) Sculpt.
(b) Find a wife.
(c) Pray.
(d) Study.

4. What made Battuta sad when leaving on his pilgrimage?
(a) Selling his belongings.
(b) Losing his job.
(c) Leaving his parents.
(d) Stopping his education.

5. How did Battuta get to Yemen?
(a) He went by sea.
(b) He hired a camel.
(c) He joined a caravan.
(d) He walked.

6. Who told Battuta about his future?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A mystic.
(c) A street dancer.
(d) A priest.

7. How did Battuta cross the Pontic mountains?
(a) He rode a horse.
(b) He hired a litter.
(c) He walked.
(d) He rode a camel.

8. What did the pilgrims do at Dhi I-Haifa?
(a) Bathe.
(b) Pray.
(c) Begin the fast.
(d) Eat.

9. What color did all the pilgrims wear?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

10. Who led Battuta to Qahat?
(a) A scholar.
(b) A hajj leader.
(c) A Qadi.
(d) A sailor.

11. Who did Battuta stay with in Aden?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A dignitary.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A scholar.

12. What was Battuta’s first name?
(a) Ibn.
(b) Abdallah.
(c) Sultana.
(d) Muhammed.

13. What danger did Battuta encounter when crossing the Pontic mountains?
(a) Falling rocks.
(b) Heavy snow.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Robbers and thieves.

14. What kind of men did Battuta travel with after leaving Algiers?
(a) Scholars.
(b) Priests.
(c) Robbers.
(d) Merchants.

15. What country was Battuta born in?
(a) Manzanita.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Maldives.
(d) Madagascar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dunn say Muslim women lived at the time of this book?

2. Who invited Battuta to a feast in Anatolia?

3. What kinds of robbers were often on the road to Constantine?

4. Which ocean lies near Tangier?

5. How did Battuta make his pilgrimage more dangerous than it had to be at the beginning?

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