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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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 50.
(b) Nearly 20.
(c) Nearly 90.
(d) Nearly 30.

7. What smell reached the members of the expedition and acted as the first sign that they were approaching Aute?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Decaying flesh.
(c) Saltwater.
(d) Fish.

8. Mustafa recounts a time when Señor Bernardo Rodriguez pressed the heel of his boot against Mustafa's neck as punishment for what offense?
(a) Talking back.
(b) Praying.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

9. Who acted as the official notary of the armada, according to Mustafa?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Narváez.

10. Which part of his own body did Señor Dorantes use in order to handle Mustafa when he was considering whether to make a purchase?
(a) His elbow.
(b) His forefinger.
(c) His thumb.
(d) The back of his hand.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa begins his account by naming a particular year. For how many years had he been enslaved by this year's arrival?

2. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?

3. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?

4. 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)?

5. 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)?

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