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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. How many days after losing a number of men to an assault waged with rocks did the expedition reach the mouth of a wide river?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 32.

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

3. Which remaining member of the expedition was most hurt by the departure of Señor Dorantes?
(a) Señor Ruiz.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Caca
(d) Señor Castillo.

4. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His uncle.

5. Which character suggested to Señor Narvaez that the rafts be linked together?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?

2. Once the expedition was reduced to using their handmade rafts, a royal official suddenly "had to share" what item "with a carpenter" (151)?

3. Mustafa states that when the farmers in Azemmur fell onto hard times, they were forced to use what as payment?

4. Mustafa had already decided to be a merchant, rather than following his father into the notary business, by the time his brothers Yusuf and Yahya were how old?

5. Whose departure from the expedition greatly upset Diego, Señor Dorantes's brother?

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