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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"- Chapter 20: "The Story of Mexico- Tenochtitlan".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of transportation were the Indians using who led the expedition members to safety in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?
(a) Wagons.
(b) Horses.
(c) Rafts.
(d) Canoes.

2. What quality of Oyosamot's personality caused Mustafa to marry her?
(a) Humor.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Courage.
(d) Beauty.

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?
(a) The girl inherits a great deal of money.
(b) The girl is beaten so badly that she is permanently maimed.
(c) The girl gets engaged.
(d) The girl dies.

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

5. What term did Governor Guzman use to describe the Indians he had excluded from the feast?
(a) Savages.
(b) Cannibals.
(c) Heathens.
(d) Murderers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the expedition harshly chastised Señor Dorantes in Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces"?

2. Which member of the expedition fired his musket when he and his men began to be pelted with rocks?

3. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?

4. What crime did the soldiers commit in the village of a dozen huts that caused Mustafa to feel guilty for having no power to stop the soldiers?

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

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