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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: "The Story of the Palace"- Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country did the slave traders hail who sold Mustafa to Señor Dorantes?
(a) Australia.
(b) Spain.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Portugal.

2. Mustafa had already decided to be a merchant, rather than following his father into the notary business, by the time his brothers Yusuf and Yahya were how old?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) In their twenties.
(c) Toddlers.
(d) Infants.

3. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?
(a) Gonesh.
(b) God.
(c) Christ.
(d) Allah.

4. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 75.
(d) 25.

5. How did Mustafa describe the Castilians about whom he warned a group of people in Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh"?
(a) Swarthy.
(b) White.
(c) Tall.
(d) Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?

2. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?

3. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?

4. Mustafa tells the reader how important it is that he tell the truth of the expedition, since the Castilians take three other actions instead. What is NOT one of the actions Mustafa names?

5. Why did the exhibition led by Mustafa fail, as described in Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh"?

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