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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue-Chapter 5: "The Story of the March".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 36.
(d) 40.

2. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?
(a) Río Oscuro.
(b) The Umm er-Rbi’ River.
(c) Stanpole Creek.
(d) Snake River.

3. What terms does Mustafa use to characterize the ways in which Father Anselmo was different from the other friars in the armada?
(a) Shorter and fatter.
(b) Younger and taller.
(c) Quieter and sadder.
(d) Smarter and kinder.

4. What physical characteristic does Mustafa NOT attribute to Señor Narváez in his account?
(a) He has sunken cheeks.
(b) He wears an eyepatch.
(c) He has a long beard.
(d) He wears a helmet adorned with ostrich feathers.

5. Mustafa states that members of the expedition found how many Indians hiding nearby the village with a dozen huts?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Heniya's story about the embroiderer and the caftans, what happens at the end of the story when the girl is found to be useless with a lute?

2. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?

3. Who was the leader of the expedition, the man also known as "the governor" (6)?

4. What permanent injury did Mustafa's father sustain on the day he was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?

5. Mustafa's second master, Señor Dorantes, called Mustafa by what name?

(see the answer key)

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