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

2. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?
(a) Monsoon.
(b) Drought.
(c) Siege.
(d) Earthquake.

3. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?
(a) 3.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

4. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?
(a) Río Oscuro.
(b) Stanpole Creek.
(c) Snake River.
(d) The Umm er-Rbi’ River.

5. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?
(a) Assault.
(b) Murder.
(c) Rape.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the expedition charged into the woods in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute" and emerged with an eye missing?

2. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez's wife had what first name?

3. Which part of his own body did Señor Dorantes use in order to handle Mustafa when he was considering whether to make a purchase?

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

5. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Estabanico and how does the narrator feel about the name?

2. How old was Mustafa when his father first shared with him his plans for Mustafa's future career and what details did he share?

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

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

5. 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"?

6. Which member of Mustafa's family died shortly before Mustafa sold himself into slavery to feed his family?

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

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

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