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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. 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) Olive.
(c) Mango.
(d) Cypress.

2. Mustafa begins his account by naming a particular year. For how many years had he been enslaved by this year's arrival?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

4. 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?
(a) Canoes.
(b) Rafts.
(c) Rowboats.
(d) Dinghies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the expedition, the man also known as "the governor" (6)?

2. Zainab was which female member of Mustafa's family with whom he lived in Azemmur?

3. Mustafa notes that Senor Dorantes showed more favor to which character than he did to his own brother Diego?

4. Who acted as the official notary of the armada, according to Mustafa?

5. 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?

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