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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. Mustafa's second master, Señor Dorantes, called Mustafa by what name?
(a) Ludovico.
(b) Estebanico.
(c) Estania.
(d) Ferrer.

2. Who called to Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" to inquire about the pebble he had found?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Narváez.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Castillo.

3. 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) In their twenties.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Infants.
(d) Toddlers.

4. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?
(a) Snake River.
(b) Río Oscuro.
(c) The Umm er-Rbi’ River.
(d) Stanpole Creek.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Heniya when she married Mustafa's father?

2. What crime did the soldiers commit in the village of a dozen huts that caused Mustafa to feel guilty for having no power to stop the soldiers?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?

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