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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 sword.
(b) A knife.
(c) A whip.
(d) A garotte.

2. For how many days did the period of mourning last for Mustafa's father after he died during Ramadan?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

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

4. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?
(a) Siege.
(b) Drought.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Monsoon.

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

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

7. Which character did Señor Narváez order to head the raiding party that went on ahead to Apalache once the scouts spotted it?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Señor Castillo.

8. 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 Narváez.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Father Anselmo.

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

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) Murder.
(b) Theft.
(c) Rape.
(d) Assault.

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

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

13. Who was the leader of the expedition, the man also known as "the governor" (6)?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Narváez.
(d) Father Anselmo.

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

15. 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) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Instinct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?

2. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?

3. 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?

4. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?

5. What object was the pebble touching when Mustafa found it in the village of a dozen huts?

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