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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. 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)?
(a) 1066.
(b) 928.
(c) 924.
(d) 834.

2. Just before Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo join together once again to search for the port city, which two arrived at the Yguace settlement?
(a) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Dorantes.
(b) Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Castillo.
(d) Mustafa and Señor Castillo.

3. What permanent injury did Mustafa's father sustain on the day he was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?
(a) He lost his leg.
(b) He lost his hand.
(c) He sustained a brain injury.
(d) He lost his arm.

4. In Heniya's story about the embroiderer and the caftans, what happens at the end of the story when the girl is found to be useless with a lute?
(a) The girl gets engaged.
(b) The girl is beaten so badly that she is permanently maimed.
(c) The girl inherits a great deal of money.
(d) The girl dies.

5. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Prague.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Morocco.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?

2. For how many ducats did Señor Bernardo Rodriguez purchase Mustafa at the slave market in Seville?

3. Which character tried in earnest to figure out why Echogan's tribe had turned violent?

4. How many slaves on the ship that carried Mustafa had "indentured themselves for no money, only the promise of a meal a day" (82)?

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

(see the answer key)

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