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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. What sort of literary device is utilized by Lalami when Señor Ruíz insists that he will not "wait for the savages to hunt [him] down like a partridge" (122)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez was forced to sell Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, due to debts incurred in what way?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Unpaid taxes.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Agricultural investments.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa states that members of the expedition found how many Indians hiding nearby the village with a dozen huts?

2. From what country did the slave traders hail who sold Mustafa to Señor Dorantes?

3. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?

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

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