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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?
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. Who pretended to understand the Indians' language and then ordered them to be locked in the storehouse?
4. How old was Mustafa by the time he had been enslaved for a total of five years?
5. How old was Heniya when she married Mustafa's father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What element of the marriage between Dorotea and Bernardo Rodriguez does Mustafa name as the secret to its success?
2. What change occurred in the personality of Mustafa's father and what caused the change?
3. How did Mustafa react to his father's plans for Mustafa's future career?
4. In what way does Lalami depict the theme of family bonds within Chapter 5: "The Story of the March"?
5. Who were the main leaders of the expedition to La Florida? Name one fact about each leader.
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. Name at least five "strange customs and unbearable rules" (114) required of slaves, according to Mustafa.
9. Who is Estabanico and how does the narrator feel about the name?
10. In what way does Lalami include the theme of invisibility in the Prologue of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of Mustafa throughout the novel The Moor's Account. Discuss whether Mustafa is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
Examine Lalami’s use of characterization methods to portray a number of real people within her novel The Moor's Account. What effects do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within The Moor's Account.
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