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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: "The Story of the Palace"- Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many weeks did Governor Guzman hold the small party of healers before he let them go?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

3. What physical characteristic does Mustafa NOT attribute to Señor Narváez in his account?
(a) He has a long beard.
(b) He wears a helmet adorned with ostrich feathers.
(c) He has sunken cheeks.
(d) He wears an eyepatch.

4. Mustafa recalls in Chapter 13: "The Three Rivers" that the first time he noticed the Castilians were not naming landscape features, they had encountered what type of feature?
(a) A rock wall.
(b) A river.
(c) A plateau.
(d) A waterfall.

5. Which character suggested to Señor Narvaez that the rafts be linked together?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what page does the final chapter of the novel, Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh" begin?

2. In what location, relative to Hawikuh, were Mustafa and Oyosamot when they decided to go on ahead of the rest of the party?

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

4. What trope does Mustafa mention in relation to the Indian women's mournful voices decrying the rapes of their community members?

5. Mustafa told Chaubekwan that those in his party who drank "an infusion of" (211) what "at the morning meal" were never afflicted with the fever?

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