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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. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?
2. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?
3. Which character did Señor Narváez order to head the raiding party that went on ahead to Apalache once the scouts spotted it?
4. At the start of Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale," Mustafa states that his family's happiness in Azemmur came to an end in what year "of the Hegira" (77)?
5. The kingdom called Apalache toward which the armada marched in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" was supposed to be rich in what metal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What major plot development involving "nearly thirty men" (127) occurs by the fifth day of the armada's march toward Aute?
2. 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"?
3. For what reason did the happiness of Mustafa and his family move?
4. In what way does Lalami depict the theme of family bonds within Chapter 5: "The Story of the March"?
5. In what way does Lalami include the theme of invisibility in the Prologue of the novel?
6. Who were the main leaders of the expedition to La Florida? Name one fact about each leader.
7. What change occurred in the personality of Mustafa's father and what caused the change?
8. What are the reasons behind Mustafa's desire to record his own account of the expedition led by Senor Narvaez?
9. Name at least five "strange customs and unbearable rules" (114) required of slaves, according to Mustafa.
10. What is the setting presented by Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Lalami send within the pages of The Moor's Account concerning the link between oppression and brutality?
Essay Topic 2
Sensory details are used frequently by Lalami in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Moor's Account. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Lalami’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why Lalami instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Moor's Account.
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