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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. Señor Narvaez reportedly resorted to sleeping on the raft with how many other expedition members?

2. Who tried to assure Governor Guzman that the Indians in the group of healers could be peacefully converted to a specific religion?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

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 Señor Dorantes come to have a child on the way?

6. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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