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Laila Lalami
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The Moor's Account Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Laila Lalami
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Mustafa's body did Señor Dorantes handle when he was deciding whether to purchase him as a slave?
(a) His ear.
(b) His back.
(c) His ankle.
(d) His arm.

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

3. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?
(a) Nearly 30.
(b) Nearly 20.
(c) Nearly 50.
(d) Nearly 90.

4. Mustafa states that when the farmers in Azemmur fell onto hard times, they were forced to use what as payment?
(a) Their sheep.
(b) Their children.
(c) Their farm equipment.
(d) Their cows.

5. 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 sword.
(c) A whip.
(d) A garotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. The kingdom called Apalache toward which the armada marched in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" was supposed to be rich in what metal?

2. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?

3. What sacrament were Mustafa and the other slaves given up upon their arrival in Seville?

4. What sound first alerted Mustafa to the possibility that women were being abducted from the mound by members of the expedition?

5. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which member of Mustafa's family died shortly before Mustafa sold himself into slavery to feed his family?

2. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Mustafa at times willfully accepted blame for acts over which he had no control.

3. In what way did Mustafa again undergo a name change when he was purchased by Señor Dorantes? What significance does he now find in this change?

4. Discuss a scene Mustafa describes that would almost certainly not have appeared in the "Castilian gentlemen's" (3) official account?

5. What change occurred in the personality of Mustafa's father and what caused the change?

6. For what reason did the happiness of Mustafa and his family move?

7. Mustafa's memory of being purchased by Señor Dorantes primarily involves which of the five senses? In what way?

8. What does the caftan symbolize within Chapter 4: "The Story of Aemmur"?

9. What major plot development involving "nearly thirty men" (127) occurs by the fifth day of the armada's march toward Aute?

10. Who is Estabanico and how does the narrator feel about the name?

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