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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"- Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the expedition was reduced to using their handmade rafts, a royal official suddenly "had to share" what item "with a carpenter" (151)?
(a) A cup of water.
(b) A poncho.
(c) A comb.
(d) A toothbrush.

2. Which member of the expedition did NOT live with the Yguace tribe at some point?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Mustafa.

3. Which part of his own body did Señor Dorantes use in order to handle Mustafa when he was considering whether to make a purchase?
(a) His forefinger.
(b) His thumb.
(c) The back of his hand.
(d) His elbow.

4. What sacrament were Mustafa and the other slaves given up upon their arrival in Seville?
(a) Communion.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Confession.
(d) Confirmation.

5. Mustafa recounts a time when Señor Bernardo Rodriguez pressed the heel of his boot against Mustafa's neck as punishment for what offense?
(a) Reading.
(b) Writing.
(c) Talking back.
(d) Praying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Mustafa drag the bodies of the men who died in their sleep toward the river for a water burial?

2. What item from an earlier chapter appears in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" when it is found on the ration master's corpse?

3. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?

4. How many years did Mustafa spend with the Yguace tribe before he joined up with three other members of the original expedition?

5. 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)?

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