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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue-Chapter 5: "The Story of the March".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acted as the official notary of the armada, according to Mustafa?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Narváez.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

2. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. What object was the pebble touching when Mustafa found it in the village of a dozen huts?
(a) A cooking pot.
(b) A fishing net.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A blanket.

4. In Heniya's story about the embroiderer and the caftans, what happens at the end of the story when the girl is found to be useless with a lute?
(a) The girl dies.
(b) The girl gets engaged.
(c) The girl is beaten so badly that she is permanently maimed.
(d) The girl inherits a great deal of money.

5. Under what type of tree did the Castilians pile the 15 dead Indians who were killed at the battle of the Río Oscuro?
(a) Oak.
(b) Mango.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Olive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?

3. When Mustafa joined a small party going ashore to scope out the area, in what type of vessels did they travel from the ship to the shore?

4. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?

5. Once a particular character ordered that the Indians be locked in the storehouse, he called for what weapon to be brought to him?

(see the answer key)

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