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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 men were missing by the time Mustafa and the rest of the able-bodied members of the expedition made it back to shore in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

2. Which character tried in earnest to figure out why Echogan's tribe had turned violent?

3. Mustafa and his companions awoke one morning in Chapter 13: "The Three Rivers" to find that how many men had died in their sleep?

4. Mustafa told Chaubekwan that those in his party who drank "an infusion of" (211) what "at the morning meal" were never afflicted with the fever?

5. Governor Guzman wanted to enslave the Indians in the group of healers, even though he declared such an act to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Señor Narvaez, according to a survivor who was on a raft with him when the company's rafts became separated from one another?

2. What change occurred in the way the Castilians viewed the landscape and why, according to Mustafa's comments in Chapter 13: "The Story of the Three Rivers"?

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

4. 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."

5. How did Mustafa's views about religion change over the course of the time he was in the New World?

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

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. 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?

9. How does Señor Dorantes react to the living conditions on the tiny rafts in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" and how is his reaction different from Mustafa's reaction?

10. What aspect of Oyosamot's character did Mustafa particularly admire and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the roles of Mustafa’s parents within The Moor's Account. How does Lalami use Mustafa’s discussion of his own parents’ roles to highlight themes included within the overall narrative?

Essay Topic 2

How is the motif of sound treated within The Moor's Account and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the theme of power within The Moor's Account. What is Lalami’s message regarding the nature of power and how do you know?

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