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

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

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

4. 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) Teenagers.
(c) In their twenties.
(d) Toddlers.

5. With no evidence to support his claim, in Chapter 5: "The Story of the March," Señor Narváez claims that it will take the armada how many days to reach the kingdom of Apalache?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 21.
(d) 10.

Short Answer 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?

2. What permanent injury did Mustafa's father sustain on the day he was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?

3. The kingdom called Apalache toward which the armada marched in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" was supposed to be rich in what metal?

4. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What major plot development involving "nearly thirty men" (127) occurs by the fifth day of the armada's march toward Aute?

2. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Mustafa at times willfully accepted blame for acts over which he had no control.

3. 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"?

4. What element of the marriage between Dorotea and Bernardo Rodriguez does Mustafa name as the secret to its success?

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

6. In what way does Lalami depict the theme of family bonds within Chapter 5: "The Story of the March"?

7. Who were the main leaders of the expedition to La Florida? Name one fact about each leader.

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

9. What are the reasons behind Mustafa's desire to record his own account of the expedition led by Senor Narvaez?

10. How did Mustafa become a slave and how does Lalami go about revealing this information?

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