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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Instinct.

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

4. 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 Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

5. Which member of the expedition charged into the woods in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute" and emerged with an eye missing?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Ruíz.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Castillo.

6. What part of Mustafa's body did Señor Dorantes handle when he was deciding whether to purchase him as a slave?
(a) His ear.
(b) His back.
(c) His arm.
(d) His ankle.

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

8. What trope does Mustafa mention in relation to the Indian women's mournful voices decrying the rapes of their community members?
(a) The other.
(b) The orphan.
(c) The mother.
(d) The witness.

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

10. 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) 12.
(d) 24.

11. The kingdom called Apalache toward which the armada marched in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" was supposed to be rich in what metal?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Copper.
(d) Platinum.

12. With no evidence to support his claim, in Chapter 5: "The Story of the March," Señor Narváez claims that it will take the armada how many days to reach the kingdom of Apalache?
(a) 21.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

13. 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) 924.
(d) 834.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?

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

3. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?

4. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?

5. Who pretended to understand the Indians' language and then ordered them to be locked in the storehouse?

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