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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. 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?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A ferry.
(c) A raft.
(d) A rowboat.

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?
(a) 4.
(b) 18.
(c) 40.
(d) 36.

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

4. Which member of the expedition wore a black eye patch?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Narváez.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

5. Once a particular character ordered that the Indians be locked in the storehouse, he called for what weapon to be brought to him?
(a) A sword.
(b) A garotte.
(c) A whip.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Under what type of tree did the Castilians pile the 15 dead Indians who were killed at the battle of the Río Oscuro?

3. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?

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

5. How old was Mustafa by the time he had been enslaved for a total of five years?

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