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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"- Chapter 10: "The Story of Ramatullai" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mustafa had already decided to be a merchant, rather than following his father into the notary business, by the time his brothers Yusuf and Yahya were how old?
(a) In their twenties.
(b) Toddlers.
(c) Infants.
(d) Teenagers.

2. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?
(a) The injury to his hand.
(b) The loss of his scholarship.
(c) The death of his wife.
(d) The loss of his employment.

3. What sort of literary device is utilized by Lalami when Señor Ruíz insists that he will not "wait for the savages to hunt [him] down like a partridge" (122)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. In what type of room did Mustafa sleep when he was enslaved by Señor Bernardo Rodriguez?
(a) A shed.
(b) A bedroom.
(c) A
(d) A closet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa story, The Moor's Account, begins with a sentence highlighting which year "in Hegira" (5)?

2. What trope does Mustafa mention in relation to the Indian women's mournful voices decrying the rapes of their community members?

3. Who pretended to understand the Indians' language and then ordered them to be locked in the storehouse?

4. For how many ducats did Señor Bernardo Rodriguez purchase Mustafa at the slave market in Seville?

5. How many masters did Mustafa have before Señor Dorantes bought him from the slave traders?

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