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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. Once the expedition was reduced to using their handmade rafts, a royal official suddenly "had to share" what item "with a carpenter" (151)?
(a) A comb.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) A poncho.
(d) A cup of water.

2. What terms does Mustafa use to characterize the ways in which Father Anselmo was different from the other friars in the armada?
(a) Smarter and kinder.
(b) Younger and taller.
(c) Shorter and fatter.
(d) Quieter and sadder.

3. What physical characteristic does Mustafa NOT attribute to Señor Narváez in his account?
(a) He has a long beard.
(b) He has sunken cheeks.
(c) He wears a helmet adorned with ostrich feathers.
(d) He wears an eyepatch.

4. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?
(a) 12.
(b) 24.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. Mustafa says in Chapter 8: "The Story of Seville" that he went into the church as "the servant of God looked at him unblinkingly, all the while wondering what the action meant and why he repeated it with each one of us. It was not until much later that I understood the significance of the sign on our bodies. I had entered the church as the servant of God Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori" (109) but that he left it with what name?
(a) Azemmur.
(b) Estebanico.
(c) Guadalquivir.
(d) Esteban.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who acted as the official notary of the armada, according to Mustafa?

2. For how many days did the period of mourning last for Mustafa's father after he died during Ramadan?

3. Which member of the expedition did NOT live with the Yguace tribe at some point?

4. 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?

5. Señor Cabeza de Vaca realized in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" that the expedition had reached La Florida how many years before?

(see the answer key)

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