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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The slave trader told Señor Dorantes that Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, would be a valuable asset to the expedition due to his skills in what area?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Languages.
(d) Cartography.

2. Who called to Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" to inquire about the pebble he had found?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Señor Narváez.

3. 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?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A ferry.
(c) A rowboat.
(d) A raft.

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

5. What sort of weapon was used by the Indians who took out one of the expedition members' eyes?
(a) A knife.
(b) An axe.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A rock.

6. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Narváez.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

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

8. Once a particular character ordered that the Indians be locked in the storehouse, he called for what weapon to be brought to him?
(a) A knife.
(b) A garotte.
(c) A sword.
(d) A whip.

9. What sacrament were Mustafa and the other slaves given up upon their arrival in Seville?
(a) Confession.
(b) Confirmation.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Communion.

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

11. About what element is Mustafa speaking when he tells the reader in Chapter 8: "The Story of Seville" that its links "are heavier than any metal known to man" (105)?
(a) Hope.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Love.
(d) Instinct.

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

13. Zainab was which female member of Mustafa's family with whom he lived in Azemmur?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Niece.

14. What trope does Mustafa mention in relation to the Indian women's mournful voices decrying the rapes of their community members?
(a) The mother.
(b) The orphan.
(c) The other.
(d) The witness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?

2. 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?

3. Mustafa notes that Senor Dorantes showed more favor to which character than he did to his own brother Diego?

4. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?

5. Which character did Señor Narváez order to head the raiding party that went on ahead to Apalache once the scouts spotted it?

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