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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"- Chapter 20: "The Story of Mexico- Tenochtitlan".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

2. What kind of person did Mustafa, Señor Dorantes, Señor Cabeza de Caca, and Señor Castillo follow to the camp of the Avavare tribe?
(a) A girl.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) A boy.

3. How many slaves on the ship that carried Mustafa had "indentured themselves for no money, only the promise of a meal a day" (82)?
(a) 50.
(b) 130.
(c) 80.
(d) 20.

4. Mustafa states in the Prologue that he "intends to correct details of the history that was compiled by" what number of his companions?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?

2. What sort of transport were Mustafa's parents using to cross Umm er-Rbi’ River on the day his father was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?

3. What crime did the soldiers commit in the village of a dozen huts that caused Mustafa to feel guilty for having no power to stop the soldiers?

4. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez was forced to sell Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, due to debts incurred in what way?

5. Toward what feature did the members of the expedition believe they were traveling when they paddled along the shore in their rafts?

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