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

2. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. Zainab was which female member of Mustafa's family with whom he lived in Azemmur?
(a) Niece.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

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

5. What smell reached the members of the expedition and acted as the first sign that they were approaching Aute?
(a) Fish.
(b) Saltwater.
(c) Decaying flesh.
(d) Smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?

2. Mustafa says in Chapter 8: "The Story of Seville" that he went into the church as "the servant of God looked at him unblinkingly, all the while wondering what the action meant and why he repeated it with each one of us. It was not until much later that I understood the significance of the sign on our bodies. I had entered the church as the servant of God Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori" (109) but that he left it with what name?

3. Who pretended to understand the Indians' language and then ordered them to be locked in the storehouse?

4. At the start of Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale," Mustafa states that his family's happiness in Azemmur came to an end in what year "of the Hegira" (77)?

5. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?

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