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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. Señor Narvaez reportedly resorted to sleeping on the raft with how many other expedition members?
(a) 2.
(b) 36.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

2. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?
(a) 200.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

3. What symptom did the ration master display just before he died?
(a) Paralysis.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Bleeding.
(d) Convulsions.

4. What event occurred to cut short the mutiny against Señor Narvaez after he declared it was every man for himself?
(a) A shark sighting.
(b) A murder.
(c) A drowning.
(d) A storm.

5. 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"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa says that which character felt humiliated by the experience of sharing close quarters with members of different classes?

2. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?

3. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?

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

5. 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?

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