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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"- Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mustafa by the time he had been enslaved for a total of five years?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

2. What sort of literary device is utilized by Lalami when Señor Ruíz insists that he will not "wait for the savages to hunt [him] down like a partridge" (122)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. Whose departure from the expedition greatly upset Diego, Señor Dorantes's brother?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Benitez.
(c) Father Anselmo's.
(d) Señor Castillo.

4. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?
(a) Portillo.
(b) Apalache.
(c) Santa María.
(d) Santo Domingo.

5. What symptom did the ration master display just before he died?
(a) Convulsions.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale," Mustafa states that his family's happiness in Azemmur came to an end in what year "of the Hegira" (77)?

2. Which character suggested to Señor Narvaez that the rafts be linked together?

3. How many men were missing by the time Mustafa and the rest of the able-bodied members of the expedition made it back to shore in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

4. What part of Mustafa's body did Señor Dorantes handle when he was deciding whether to purchase him as a slave?

5. How many years did Mustafa spend with the Yguace tribe before he joined up with three other members of the original expedition?

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