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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. How many muskets did the members of the expedition have left when they waited all night for the missing members of the company to appear?

2. What was the name of the port city for which Mustafa and his companions decided to look again in Chapter 15: "The Story of the Avavares"?

3. Who was the treasurer of the Narvaez expedition?

4. What item from an earlier chapter appears in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" when it is found on the ration master's corpse?

5. Who helped Mustafa drag the bodies of the men who died in their sleep toward the river for a water burial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major change did Mustafa undergo after he and his companions formed the group called Children of the Sun?

2. For what reason did Mustafa become concerned when the number of followers traveling with the Children of the Sun group swelled?

3. Who was Señor Albaniz and what was his job within the armada's expedition?

4. Which character was most disturbed by the decision of Señor Dorantes to leave the Carancahuas' settlement with no notice and why?

5. In what way does Mustafa demonstrate that he was making an effort to join his future with his past after he met Oyosamot?

6. Who was Behewibri?

7. In what way were the members of the Carancahua tribe different from other tribes Mustafa had encountered?

8. What hypothesis does Mustafa share with the reader regarding the reasons why Echogan's tribe attacked the members of the expedition?

9. Name three excuses members of the Children of the Sun gave to Governor Guzman when he demanded information in Chapter 19: "The Story of the Compostela."

10. What important information did Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca learn when they encountered five horsemen in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lalami's choice to tell the story of The Moor's Account using the first person point-of-view from Mustafa’s perspective. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Lalami’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from The Moor's Account, such as the tattoo, the standard, the scroll, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lalami’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of The Moor's Account.

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