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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. Which member of the expedition wore a black eye patch?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Narváez.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

2. 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) Instinct.
(b) Love.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Hope.

3. Mustafa begins his account by naming a particular year. For how many years had he been enslaved by this year's arrival?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

4. How old was Mustafa by the time he had been enslaved for a total of five years?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa states that when the farmers in Azemmur fell onto hard times, they were forced to use what as payment?

2. 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?

3. Mustafa recalls hearing whose voice calling out to him as he left the house to sell himself so that his family would not starve?

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)?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss a scene Mustafa describes that would almost certainly not have appeared in the "Castilian gentlemen's" (3) official account?

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

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

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