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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Mustafa's body did Señor Dorantes handle when he was deciding whether to purchase him as a slave?
(a) His arm.
(b) His ankle.
(c) His back.
(d) His ear.

2. 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?
(a) A raft.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A rowboat.
(d) A ferry.

3. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 24.
(d) 5.

4. What sound first alerted Mustafa to the possibility that women were being abducted from the mound by members of the expedition?
(a) A sigh.
(b) A bark.
(c) A moan.
(d) A scream.

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

6. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?
(a) Fever.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Rickets.

7. What trope does Mustafa mention in relation to the Indian women's mournful voices decrying the rapes of their community members?
(a) The other.
(b) The witness.
(c) The orphan.
(d) The mother.

8. How many slaves on the ship that carried Mustafa had "indentured themselves for no money, only the promise of a meal a day" (82)?
(a) 50.
(b) 80.
(c) 20.
(d) 130.

9. 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) 928.
(b) 1066.
(c) 924.
(d) 834.

10. Which member of the expedition charged into the woods in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute" and emerged with an eye missing?
(a) Señor Ruíz.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Castillo.

11. When Mustafa joined a small party going ashore to scope out the area, in what type of vessels did they travel from the ship to the shore?
(a) Rafts.
(b) Rowboats.
(c) Dinghies.
(d) Canoes.

12. How old was Heniya when she married Mustafa's father?
(a) 27.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 30.

13. What sort of weapon was used by the Indians who took out one of the expedition members' eyes?
(a) A rock.
(b) An arrow.
(c) An axe.
(d) A knife.

14. From what country did the slave traders hail who sold Mustafa to Señor Dorantes?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Spain.
(c) Australia.
(d) Morocco.

15. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The loss of his scholarship.
(c) The injury to his hand.
(d) The loss of his employment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?

2. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez was forced to sell Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, due to debts incurred in what way?

3. Which member of the expedition wore a black eye patch?

4. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?

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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