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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 communication did Señor Dorantes use to tell his companions his reasons for leaving them?
(a) None.
(b) A letter.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A painting.

2. Which character administered a "zaatar" (224) in Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Behewibri.

3. What signs did Señor Cabeza de Vaca use to find the other Castilians nearby in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) Peanut shells.
(b) Carriage tracks.
(c) Bootprints.
(d) Hoofprints.

4. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez was forced to sell Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, due to debts incurred in what way?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Unpaid taxes.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Agricultural investments.

5. How many masters did Mustafa have before Señor Dorantes bought him from the slave traders?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

2. Which character ingested a "zaatar" (224) in Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"?

3. What permanent injury did Mustafa's father sustain on the day he was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?

4. What object was the pebble touching when Mustafa found it in the village of a dozen huts?

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?

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