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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. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

2. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Señor Narváez.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

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

4. 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)?
(a) 1066.
(b) 834.
(c) 924.
(d) 928.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of his own body did Señor Dorantes use in order to handle Mustafa when he was considering whether to make a purchase?

2. Mustafa's second master, Señor Dorantes, called Mustafa by what name?

3. Mustafa recalls hearing whose voice calling out to him as he left the house to sell himself so that his family would not starve?

4. Mustafa says in Chapter 8: "The Story of Seville" that he went into the church as "the servant of God looked at him unblinkingly, all the while wondering what the action meant and why he repeated it with each one of us. It was not until much later that I understood the significance of the sign on our bodies. I had entered the church as the servant of God Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori" (109) but that he left it with what name?

5. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?

(see the answer key)

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