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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: "The Story of the Palace"- Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped bring a baby into the world in Chapter 23: "The Story of the Guesthouse?
(a) Senor Dorantes.
(b) Oyosamot.
(c) Senor Diaz.
(d) Father Anselmo.

2. Toward what feature did the members of the expedition believe they were traveling when they paddled along the shore in their rafts?
(a) The lighthouse.
(b) The sister island to La Florida.
(c) The bay.
(d) The port.

3. Which member of the expedition charged into the woods in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute" and emerged with an eye missing?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Ruíz.

4. 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 sword.
(b) A whip.
(c) A knife.
(d) A garotte.

5. 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 went for a swim.
(d) He looked into the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Heniya's story about the embroiderer and the caftans, what happens at the end of the story when the girl is found to be useless with a lute?

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. By the time Mustafa met Señor Alcarez, how many people were part of Mustafa's group of healers?

4. What object was the pebble touching when Mustafa found it in the village of a dozen huts?

5. Mustafa tells the reader that when he reached Mexico, he had only one possession left. What does he say it was?

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