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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. 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)?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Ambition.

2. 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.

3. What sort of weapon was used by the Indians who took out one of the expedition members' eyes?
(a) An axe.
(b) A rock.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A knife.

4. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?
(a) Señor Narváez.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

5. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?
(a) Rickets.
(b) Fever.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was jealous when he found out who had been chosen to head the raiding party going on ahead to Apalache?

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

3. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?

4. Mustafa story, The Moor's Account, begins with a sentence highlighting which year "in Hegira" (5)?

5. For how many days did the period of mourning last for Mustafa's father after he died during Ramadan?

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