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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. What type of transportation were the Indians using who led the expedition members to safety in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

2. What quality of Oyosamot's personality caused Mustafa to marry her?

3. When the five horsemen led Mustafa's small group to the nearby Castilian encampment, they said that it was how many leagues away?

4. What year did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

5. What event occurred to cut short the mutiny against Señor Narvaez after he declared it was every man for himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action did Señor Narvaez take near the end of Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" that caused his crew to despise him?

2. Who was Chaubekwan and in what way was he different from other men Mustafa had encountered in his life?

3. How did Señor Dorantes come to have a child on the way?

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

5. By the time the events in Chapter 19: "The Story of Compostela" took place, how many years had passed since Mustafa sold himself into slavery?

6. Who was Behewibri?

7. Toward what destination did Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo travel once they reunited at the end of Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces"?

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

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

10. In what way does the piece of glass in Chapter 18: "The Story of the Culiacan" dovetail with the pebble in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lalami’s use of the motif of sound within the novel The Moor's Account.

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 Lalami's reasons for using the technique of a framed narrative to tell the story of The Moor's Account.

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