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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 smell reached the members of the expedition and acted as the first sign that they were approaching Aute?
(a) Saltwater.
(b) Decaying flesh.
(c) Fish.
(d) Smoke.

2. Which character did Señor Narváez order to head the raiding party that went on ahead to Apalache once the scouts spotted it?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Father Anselmo.

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?
(a) His thumb.
(b) The back of his hand.
(c) His forefinger.
(d) His elbow.

4. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 75.
(d) 25.

5. Who called to Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" to inquire about the pebble he had found?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Narváez.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?

2. How many slaves on the ship that carried Mustafa had "indentured themselves for no money, only the promise of a meal a day" (82)?

3. Once a particular character ordered that the Indians be locked in the storehouse, he called for what weapon to be brought to him?

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

5. Who pretended to understand the Indians' language and then ordered them to be locked in the storehouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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