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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. Mustafa notes that Senor Dorantes showed more favor to which character than he did to his own brother Diego?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Señor Narváez.

2. What role did Echogan hold within his tribe?
(a) Deputy.
(b) Cacique.
(c) Shaman.
(d) Prefect.

3. Who was the leader of the expedition, the man also known as "the governor" (6)?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Narváez.

4. 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) 11.
(b) 17.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. At the start of Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale," Mustafa states that his family's happiness in Azemmur came to an end in what year "of the Hegira" (77)?
(a) 924.
(b) 834.
(c) 928.
(d) 1066.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?

2. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?

3. 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?

4. What sound first alerted Mustafa to the possibility that women were being abducted from the mound by members of the expedition?

5. Which character suggested to Señor Narvaez that the rafts be linked together?

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