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

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 sister's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His twin younger brothers.

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

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

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

5. 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) 1066.
(b) 928.
(c) 834.
(d) 924.

6. 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.

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

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

9. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?
(a) A few years back.
(b) Mustafa does not disclose this information.
(c) A short time.
(d) A long time.

10. What crime did the soldiers commit in the village of a dozen huts that caused Mustafa to feel guilty for having no power to stop the soldiers?
(a) Assault.
(b) Rape.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

11. Which member of the expedition wore a black eye patch?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Narváez.

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

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

14. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What sort of weapon was used by the Indians who took out one of the expedition members' eyes?

3. What sound first alerted Mustafa to the possibility that women were being abducted from the mound by members of the expedition?

4. Mustafa states in the Prologue that he "intends to correct details of the history that was compiled by" what number of his companions?

5. For how many ducats did Señor Bernardo Rodriguez purchase Mustafa at the slave market in Seville?

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