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

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

3. Mustafa states in the Prologue that he "intends to correct details of the history that was compiled by" what number of his companions?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

4. Mustafa states that when the farmers in Azemmur fell onto hard times, they were forced to use what as payment?
(a) Their sheep.
(b) Their cows.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their farm equipment.

5. Who acted as the official notary of the armada, according to Mustafa?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Narváez.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurred to cut short the mutiny against Señor Narvaez after he declared it was every man for himself?

2. Governor Guzman wanted to enslave the Indians in the group of healers, even though he declared such an act to be what?

3. 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?

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

5. The slave trader told Señor Dorantes that Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, would be a valuable asset to the expedition due to his skills in what area?

(see the answer key)

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