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

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

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

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?
(a) Rowboats.
(b) Canoes.
(c) Dinghies.
(d) Rafts.

5. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?
(a) Portillo.
(b) Apalache.
(c) Santo Domingo.
(d) Santa María.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?

2. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?

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

4. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?

5. In Heniya's story about the embroiderer and the caftans, what happens at the end of the story when the girl is found to be useless with a lute?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what way did Mustafa again undergo a name change when he was purchased by Señor Dorantes? What significance does he now find in this change?

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

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

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