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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. Señor Dorantes promised Mustafa that he would officially free him once they both reached what location?
(a) Spain.
(b) Canada.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Mexico.

2. What trope does Mustafa mention in relation to the Indian women's mournful voices decrying the rapes of their community members?
(a) The witness.
(b) The other.
(c) The orphan.
(d) The mother.

3. Mustafa had already decided to be a merchant, rather than following his father into the notary business, by the time his brothers Yusuf and Yahya were how old?
(a) Toddlers.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) In their twenties.
(d) Infants.

4. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

5. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Señor Cabeza de Vaca realized in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" that the expedition had reached La Florida how many years before?

2. From what country did the slave traders hail who sold Mustafa to Señor Dorantes?

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

4. Which character was jealous when he found out who had been chosen to head the raiding party going on ahead to Apalache?

5. What signs did Señor Cabeza de Vaca use to find the other Castilians nearby in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

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