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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. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The loss of his employment.
(c) The loss of his scholarship.
(d) The injury to his hand.

2. How many muskets did the members of the expedition have left when they waited all night for the missing members of the company to appear?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. What smell reached the members of the expedition and acted as the first sign that they were approaching Aute?
(a) Decaying flesh.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Saltwater.
(d) Fish.

4. What crime did several men from the expedition commit once they had abducted young women from the mound?
(a) Theft.
(b) Assault.
(c) Rape.
(d) Murder.

5. In Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh," Mustafa asks a group of people to tell what lie?
(a) That they had eaten Mustafa.
(b) That there was a storm on the way.
(c) That Oyosamot is dead.
(d) That Mustafa is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of the expedition were able-bodied enough to follow Echogan to the tribe's village?

2. Which character looked at the object Mustafa found and announced that there were other Castilians nearby?

3. Why did the exhibition led by Mustafa fail, as described in Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh"?

4. Just before Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo join together once again to search for the port city, which two arrived at the Yguace settlement?

5. Lalami states in the Acknowledgments section that she had based the Chapter 1 speech by a man with what role on the document called the Requerimiento?

(see the answer key)

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