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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"- Chapter 10: "The Story of Ramatullai" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Mustafa's body did Señor Dorantes handle when he was deciding whether to purchase him as a slave?
(a) His arm.
(b) His ear.
(c) His ankle.
(d) His back.

2. Mustafa states that when the farmers in Azemmur fell onto hard times, they were forced to use what as payment?
(a) Their cows.
(b) Their children.
(c) Their sheep.
(d) Their farm equipment.

3. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?
(a) Rape.
(b) Assault.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

4. What sound first alerted Mustafa to the possibility that women were being abducted from the mound by members of the expedition?
(a) A moan.
(b) A sigh.
(c) A scream.
(d) A bark.

5. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?

2. What sort of weapon was used by the Indians who took out one of the expedition members' eyes?

3. What sort of transport were Mustafa's parents using to cross Umm er-Rbi’ River on the day his father was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?

4. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?

5. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?

(see the answer key)

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