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

2. Who was the treasurer of the Narvaez expedition?
(a) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Señor Diaz.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

3. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What sacrament were Mustafa and the other slaves given up upon their arrival in Seville?
(a) Confirmation.
(b) Communion.
(c) Confession.
(d) Baptism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of the expedition were able-bodied enough to follow Echogan to the tribe's village?

2. How many husbands did Heniya, Mustafa's mother, have before she married Mustafa's father?

3. How many of the five horsemen Mustafa encountered in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" were wearing helmets?

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

5. Which member of the expedition charged into the woods in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute" and emerged with an eye missing?

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