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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Castilians were killed in the Battle of the Río Oscuro depicted in Chapter 3: "The Story of the Illusion"?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

2. Which member of the expedition wore a black eye patch?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Señor Narváez.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Castillo.

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

4. Which character was jealous when he found out who had been chosen to head the raiding party going on ahead to Apalache?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.

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?
(a) 40.
(b) 36.
(c) 18.
(d) 4.

6. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?
(a) Nearly 90.
(b) Nearly 30.
(c) Nearly 20.
(d) Nearly 50.

7. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

9. What was the event that Mustafa names as having signaled the end of his family's happiness in Azemmur?
(a) Drought.
(b) Siege.
(c) Monsoon.
(d) Earthquake.

10. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?
(a) Stanpole Creek.
(b) Río Oscuro.
(c) Snake River.
(d) The Umm er-Rbi’ River.

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

12. What sort of weapon was used by the Indians who took out one of the expedition members' eyes?
(a) An axe.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A knife.
(d) A rock.

13. Who was the leader of the expedition, the man also known as "the governor" (6)?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Señor Narváez.

14. How many ducats did Señor Dorantes pay for Mustafa when he purchased him from slave traders?
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 200.

15. In Heniya's story about the embroiderer and the caftans, what happens at the end of the story when the girl is found to be useless with a lute?
(a) The girl is beaten so badly that she is permanently maimed.
(b) The girl inherits a great deal of money.
(c) The girl gets engaged.
(d) The girl dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of transport were Mustafa's parents using to cross Umm er-Rbi’ River on the day his father was attacked by a Portuguese soldier?

2. When Mustafa uses the term "Castilians," (3) he is referring to natives of which country?

3. Which part of his own body did Señor Dorantes use in order to handle Mustafa when he was considering whether to make a purchase?

4. Who called to Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" to inquire about the pebble he had found?

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

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