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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"- Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men were missing by the time Mustafa and the rest of the able-bodied members of the expedition made it back to shore in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?
(a) 17.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 11.

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 loss of his employment.
(d) The death of his wife.

3. Who acted as the official notary of the armada, according to Mustafa?
(a) Señor Narváez.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

4. Who was the leader of the expedition, the man also known as "the governor" (6)?
(a) Señor Narváez.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Castillo.

5. 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) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Heniya when she married Mustafa's father?

2. Señor Dorantes claimed that he had left the camp of the Caranahuas because they had killed which character?

3. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?

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

5. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?

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