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

2. Mustafa story, The Moor's Account, begins with a sentence highlighting which year "in Hegira" (5)?
(a) 1066.
(b) 934.
(c) 1476.
(d) 632.

3. Which character was jealous when he found out who had been chosen to head the raiding party going on ahead to Apalache?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Father Anselmo.

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

5. Mustafa states that members of the expedition found how many Indians hiding nearby the village with a dozen huts?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Mustafa's body did Señor Dorantes handle when he was deciding whether to purchase him as a slave?

2. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?

3. Which character did Señor Narváez order to head the raiding party that went on ahead to Apalache once the scouts spotted it?

4. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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