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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 kind of person did Mustafa, Señor Dorantes, Señor Cabeza de Caca, and Señor Castillo follow to the camp of the Avavare tribe?

2. Which character administered a "zaatar" (224) in Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"?

3. What type of communication did Señor Dorantes use to tell his companions his reasons for leaving them?

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

5. Just before Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo join together once again to search for the port city, which two arrived at the Yguace settlement?

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. 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"?

3. 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"?

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

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

6. 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"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace the characterization arc of Mustafa throughout the novel The Moor's Account. Discuss whether Mustafa is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.

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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