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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 states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?
(a) A long time.
(b) A short time.
(c) Mustafa does not disclose this information.
(d) A few years back.

2. Who helped Mustafa drag the bodies of the men who died in their sleep toward the river for a water burial?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Diego.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.

3. Zainab was which female member of Mustafa's family with whom he lived in Azemmur?
(a) Niece.
(b) Mother.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Sister.

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

5. Whose departure from the expedition greatly upset Diego, Señor Dorantes's brother?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Father Anselmo's.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Señor Benitez.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?

2. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?

3. 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?

4. How many days did it take for the entire armada to disembark from their ships?

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

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