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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"- Chapter 10: "The Story of Ramatullai" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the expedition charged into the woods in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute" and emerged with an eye missing?
(a) Señor Ruíz.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

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

3. 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 whip.
(b) A knife.
(c) A garotte.
(d) A sword.

4. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?
(a) Assault.
(b) Rape.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?

2. How many days did it take for the entire armada to disembark from their 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. How many slaves on the ship that carried Mustafa had "indentured themselves for no money, only the promise of a meal a day" (82)?

5. About what element is Mustafa speaking when he tells the reader in Chapter 8: "The Story of Seville" that its links "are heavier than any metal known to man" (105)?

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