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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. Who helped Mustafa drag the bodies of the men who died in their sleep toward the river for a water burial?
(a) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(b) Diego.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Father Anselmo.

2. What action did the ration master take in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" that resulted in his death?
(a) He drank a flask of saltwater.
(b) He held his breath.
(c) He looked into the sun.
(d) He went for a swim.

3. From what country did the slave traders hail who sold Mustafa to Señor Dorantes?
(a) Australia.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

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 cows.
(c) Their farm equipment.
(d) Their children.

5. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 40.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Mustafa joined a small party going ashore to scope out the area, in what type of vessels did they travel from the ship to the shore?

3. What was the name of the port city for which Mustafa and his companions decided to look again in Chapter 15: "The Story of the Avavares"?

4. What terms does Mustafa use to characterize the ways in which Father Anselmo was different from the other friars in the armada?

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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