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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. As the members of the expedition marched toward Aute, members of what tribe attacked them relentlessly?
(a) Apalache.
(b) Aute.
(c) Comanche.
(d) Snoqualmie.

2. What part of Mustafa's body did Señor Dorantes handle when he was deciding whether to purchase him as a slave?
(a) His arm.
(b) His ear.
(c) His back.
(d) His ankle.

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

4. What crime did the soldiers commit in the village of a dozen huts that caused Mustafa to feel guilty for having no power to stop the soldiers?
(a) Rape.
(b) Assault.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what country did the slave traders hail who sold Mustafa to Señor Dorantes?

3. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?

4. 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?

5. Who called to Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" to inquire about the pebble he had found?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In what way does Lalami include the theme of invisibility in the Prologue of the novel?

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