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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. Señor Cabeza de Vaca realized in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" that the expedition had reached La Florida how many years before?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. What item from an earlier chapter appears in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" when it is found on the ration master's corpse?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A pitchfork.
(c) A comb.
(d) A sword.

3. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Siege.
(c) Drought.
(d) Monsoon.

4. 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) Instinct.
(b) Hope.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Love.

5. When the five horsemen led Mustafa's small group to the nearby Castilian encampment, they said that it was how many leagues away?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of transportation were the Indians using who led the expedition members to safety in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

2. 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"?

3. How did Mustafa feel toward the man who was hurt the most by the disappearance of Señor Dorantes?

4. Which member of the expedition did NOT live with the Yguace tribe at some point?

5. What role did Behewibri hold within the Avavare tribe?

(see the answer key)

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