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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?
(a) Assault.
(b) Theft.
(c) Rape.
(d) Murder.

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) The back of his hand.
(b) His forefinger.
(c) His thumb.
(d) His elbow.

4. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez's wife had what first name?
(a) Dorotea.
(b) Caterina.
(c) Maria.
(d) Ramatullai.

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

6. Which character was jealous when he found out who had been chosen to head the raiding party going on ahead to Apalache?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.

7. 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)?
(a) The Umm er-Rbi’ River.
(b) Río Oscuro.
(c) Stanpole Creek.
(d) Snake River.

8. 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?
(a) Esteban.
(b) Estebanico.
(c) Guadalquivir.
(d) Azemmur.

9. For how many ducats did Señor Bernardo Rodriguez purchase Mustafa at the slave market in Seville?
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 250.
(d) 50.

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

11. Mustafa states in the Prologue that he "intends to correct details of the history that was compiled by" what number of his companions?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

12. What object was the pebble touching when Mustafa found it in the village of a dozen huts?
(a) A cooking pot.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A fishing net.
(d) A sweater.

13. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

14. In what type of room did Mustafa sleep when he was enslaved by Señor Bernardo Rodriguez?
(a) A bedroom.
(b) A shed.
(c) A closet.
(d) A

15. What smell reached the members of the expedition and acted as the first sign that they were approaching Aute?
(a) Decaying flesh.
(b) Saltwater.
(c) Fish.
(d) Smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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)?

4. What permanent injury did Mustafa's father sustain on the day he was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?

5. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?

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