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

2. 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.

3. Who asked Torres the date when he encountered the five Castilian horsemen?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

4. Lalami writes in the Acknowledgments section that she had based whose Chapter 1 speech on the document called the Requerimiento?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Narvaez.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

5. Mustafa states in the Prologue that he "intends to correct details of the history that was compiled by" what number of his companions?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7: "The Story of Apalache," the members of the expedition continue to march toward what destination?

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

3. 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)?

4. Which character tried in earnest to figure out why Echogan's tribe had turned violent?

5. What quality of Oyosamot's personality caused Mustafa to marry her?

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