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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. How many days did it take for the entire armada to disembark from their ships?

4. Mustafa story, The Moor's Account, begins with a sentence highlighting which year "in Hegira" (5)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mustafa react to his father's plans for Mustafa's future career?

2. In what way does Lalami include the theme of invisibility in the Prologue of the novel?

3. What does the caftan symbolize within Chapter 4: "The Story of Aemmur"?

4. How did Señor Ruíz come to lose an eye during the march toward Aute?

5. What change occurred in the personality of Mustafa's father and what caused the change?

6. With what element of life did Mustafa become too entranced, causing him to eventually name it among the causes of his downfall?

7. Discuss an instance when Lalami uses an unconventional metaphor within the text.

8. Name at least five "strange customs and unbearable rules" (114) required of slaves, according to Mustafa.

9. For what reason did the happiness of Mustafa and his family move?

10. In what way does the motif of water enter the story of Mustafa's birth, as related in Chapter 2: "The Story of My Birth"?

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