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

2. The satchel carried by the notary, Señor Albaniz, was made of what material?

3. For how many weeks did Governor Guzman hold the small party of healers before he let them go?

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. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What event caused Mustafa to apply the name "The Island of Misfortune" to a particular location in Chapter 12: "The Story of the Island of Misfortune"?

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

Discuss how and why Lalami instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Moor's Account.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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