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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Narváez.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. Mustafa story, The Moor's Account, begins with a sentence highlighting which year "in Hegira" (5)?
(a) 934.
(b) 1066.
(c) 1476.
(d) 632.

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

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

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

10. Which character was jealous when he found out who had been chosen to head the raiding party going on ahead to Apalache?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Castillo.

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

12. As the members of the expedition marched toward Aute, members of what tribe attacked them relentlessly?
(a) Apalache.
(b) Snoqualmie.
(c) Comanche.
(d) Aute.

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

14. What permanent injury did Mustafa's father sustain on the day he was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?
(a) He lost his hand.
(b) He lost his leg.
(c) He sustained a brain injury.
(d) He lost his arm.

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

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

3. Mustafa states that when the farmers in Azemmur fell onto hard times, they were forced to use what as payment?

4. 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?

5. What terms does Mustafa use to characterize the ways in which Father Anselmo was different from the other friars in the armada?

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