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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 Cabeza de Vaca realized in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" that the expedition had reached La Florida how many years before?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. With what ailment were the members of the expedition increasingly afflicted in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute"?
(a) Rickets.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Fever.

3. Which member of the healing group likely told Governor Guzmán the information he was seeking about the terrain and Indians?
(a) Oyomasot.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Satosol.
(d) Señor Castillo.

4. Under what type of plant did Mustafa find an object on the ground in Chapter 18: "The Culiacan"?
(a) Cattail.
(b) Peony.
(c) Cactus.
(d) Oak.

5. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?
(a) A few years back.
(b) A long time.
(c) A short time.
(d) Mustafa does not disclose this information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Mustafa use to describe Oyosamot's "stare" (225) when he first meets her?

2. Torres, the apparent leader of the group of five horsemen Mustafa encounters, has what first name?

3. 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?

4. Mustafa recalls hearing whose voice calling out to him as he left the house to sell himself so that his family would not starve?

5. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?

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