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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

2. 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 injury to his hand.
(c) The loss of his employment.
(d) The loss of his scholarship.

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

4. 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) Toddlers.
(b) Infants.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) In their twenties.

5. 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 is beaten so badly that she is permanently maimed.
(b) The girl gets engaged.
(c) The girl dies.
(d) The girl inherits a great deal of money.

6. About what element is Mustafa speaking when he tells the reader in Chapter 8: "The Story of Seville" that its links "are heavier than any metal known to man" (105)?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Hope.
(c) Love.
(d) Instinct.

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

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

9. How many masters did Mustafa have before Señor Dorantes bought him from the slave traders?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

10. 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)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

11. What physical characteristic does Mustafa NOT attribute to Señor Narváez in his account?
(a) He has sunken cheeks.
(b) He wears a helmet adorned with ostrich feathers.
(c) He has a long beard.
(d) He wears an eyepatch.

12. 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) Canoes.
(b) Rafts.
(c) Dinghies.
(d) Rowboats.

13. What sacrament were Mustafa and the other slaves given up upon their arrival in Seville?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Communion.
(c) Confirmation.
(d) Confession.

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

15. 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) Medicine.
(b) Cartography.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Languages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what type of tree did the Castilians pile the 15 dead Indians who were killed at the battle of the Río Oscuro?

2. Mustafa recalls hearing whose voice calling out to him as he left the house to sell himself so that his family would not starve?

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

4. In what type of room did Mustafa sleep when he was enslaved by Señor Bernardo Rodriguez?

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

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