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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. 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)?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Ambition.

2. 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) The Umm er-Rbi’ River.
(c) Snake River.
(d) Stanpole Creek.

3. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?
(a) God.
(b) Gonesh.
(c) Allah.
(d) Christ.

4. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?
(a) The loss of his employment.
(b) The injury to his hand.
(c) The loss of his scholarship.
(d) The death of his wife.

5. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?
(a) Fever.
(b) Scurvy.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Rickets.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days did the period of mourning last for Mustafa's father after he died during Ramadan?

2. For how many ducats did Señor Bernardo Rodriguez purchase Mustafa at the slave market in Seville?

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

4. 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?

5. How old was Mustafa by the time he had been enslaved for a total of five years?

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. What is the setting presented by Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida"?

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

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

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

7. Mustafa's memory of being purchased by Señor Dorantes primarily involves which of the five senses? In what way?

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

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

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

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