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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?
(a) Nearly 30.
(b) Nearly 20.
(c) Nearly 50.
(d) Nearly 90.

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

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

5. 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) 24.
(d) 12.

6. 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) 4.
(d) 2.

7. For how many ducats did Señor Bernardo Rodriguez purchase Mustafa at the slave market in Seville?
(a) 50.
(b) 250.
(c) 100.
(d) 25.

8. 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) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 2.

9. How many days did it take for the entire armada to disembark from their ships?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

10. 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?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 40.
(d) 36.

11. How old was Mustafa by the time he had been enslaved for a total of five years?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

12. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez was forced to sell Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, due to debts incurred in what way?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Agricultural investments.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Unpaid taxes.

13. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

14. Who pretended to understand the Indians' language and then ordered them to be locked in the storehouse?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Narváez.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Father Anselmo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?

4. Mustafa's second master, Señor Dorantes, called Mustafa by what name?

5. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?

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