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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mustafa begins his account by naming a particular year. For how many years had he been enslaved by this year's arrival?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Narváez.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Castillo.

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

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

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

7. 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) 928.
(c) 834.
(d) 1066.

8. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?
(a) The loss of his scholarship.
(b) The death of his wife.
(c) The loss of his employment.
(d) The injury to his hand.

9. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?
(a) Assault.
(b) Rape.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

10. 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?
(a) A raft.
(b) A ferry.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A rowboat.

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

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

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

14. Zainab was which female member of Mustafa's family with whom he lived in Azemmur?
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Niece.
(d) Aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What trope does Mustafa mention in relation to the Indian women's mournful voices decrying the rapes of their community members?

2. What smell reached the members of the expedition and acted as the first sign that they were approaching Aute?

3. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?

4. 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?

5. What physical characteristic does Mustafa NOT attribute to Señor Narváez in his account?

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