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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 sound first alerted Mustafa to the possibility that women were being abducted from the mound by members of the expedition?
(a) A bark.
(b) A sigh.
(c) A moan.
(d) A scream.

2. Just before Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo join together once again to search for the port city, which two arrived at the Yguace settlement?
(a) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Castillo.
(b) Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Dorantes.
(d) Mustafa and Señor Castillo.

3. What permanent injury did Mustafa's father sustain on the day he was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?
(a) He sustained a brain injury.
(b) He lost his hand.
(c) He lost his arm.
(d) He lost his leg.

4. What sort of literary device is utilized by Lalami when Señor Ruíz insists that he will not "wait for the savages to hunt [him] down like a partridge" (122)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

5. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Spain.
(d) Prague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the expedition became fast friends with Chaubekwan?

2. What term did Governor Guzman use to describe the Indians he had excluded from the feast?

3. By the time Mustafa met Señor Alcarez, how many people were part of Mustafa's group of healers?

4. How old was Heniya when she married Mustafa's father?

5. How many Indian followers were accompanying Mustafa when he spotted a piece of Castilian material on the ground?

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