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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the members of the expedition marched toward Aute, members of what tribe attacked them relentlessly?
(a) Apalache.
(b) Aute.
(c) Comanche.
(d) Snoqualmie.

2. How many days did it take for the entire armada to disembark from their ships?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

3. Under what type of tree did the Castilians pile the 15 dead Indians who were killed at the battle of the Río Oscuro?
(a) Olive.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Oak.
(d) Mango.

4. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?
(a) 200.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

5. What terms does Mustafa use to characterize the ways in which Father Anselmo was different from the other friars in the armada?
(a) Younger and taller.
(b) Smarter and kinder.
(c) Quieter and sadder.
(d) Shorter and fatter.

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

7. Who called to Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" to inquire about the pebble he had found?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Narváez.
(d) Señor Castillo.

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

9. How old was Mustafa by the time he had been enslaved for a total of five years?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 40.

10. 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) 80.
(b) 50.
(c) 130.
(d) 20.

11. The slave trader told Señor Dorantes that Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, would be a valuable asset to the expedition due to his skills in what area?
(a) Languages.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Cartography.

12. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?
(a) God.
(b) Christ.
(c) Gonesh.
(d) Allah.

13. Mustafa had already decided to be a merchant, rather than following his father into the notary business, by the time his brothers Yusuf and Yahya were how old?
(a) Infants.
(b) Toddlers.
(c) In their twenties.
(d) Teenagers.

14. Once a particular character ordered that the Indians be locked in the storehouse, he called for what weapon to be brought to him?
(a) A garotte.
(b) A whip.
(c) A knife.
(d) A sword.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa story, The Moor's Account, begins with a sentence highlighting which year "in Hegira" (5)?

2. Which part of his own body did Señor Dorantes use in order to handle Mustafa when he was considering whether to make a purchase?

3. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?

4. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?

5. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez's wife had what first name?

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