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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: "The Story of the Palace"- Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mustafa recalls hearing whose voice calling out to him as he left the house to sell himself so that his family would not starve?
(a) His twin younger brothers.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His sister's.

2. Mustafa notes that Senor Dorantes showed more favor to which character than he did to his own brother Diego?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Señor Narváez.
(d) Señor Castillo.

3. When Mustafa arrived at the gates of the viceroy's palace, what does he call the amulet he found on the ground?
(a) A libuh.
(b) A karma.
(c) A khamsa.
(d) A medsa.

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

5. How many muskets did the members of the expedition have left when they waited all night for the missing members of the company to appear?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the expedition undertaken by Mustafa and Oyosamot, they lied to the Castilians about what aspect of their findings?

2. Mustafa begins his account by naming a particular year. For how many years had he been enslaved by this year's arrival?

3. 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?

4. What smell reached the members of the expedition and acted as the first sign that they were approaching Aute?

5. Who or what is being referred to in Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh" as "the Hawikuh" (317)?

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