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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the expedition became fast friends with Chaubekwan?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

2. What job did Chaubekwan hold within the Yguace tribe?
(a) Judge.
(b) Officiant.
(c) Shaman.
(d) Deputy.

3. Mustafa and his companions awoke one morning in Chapter 13: "The Three Rivers" to find that how many men had died in their sleep?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. By the time Mustafa met Señor Alcarez, how many people were part of Mustafa's group of healers?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 600.
(c) 100.
(d) 300.

5. Torres, the apparent leader of the group of five horsemen Mustafa encounters, has what first name?
(a) Patricio.
(b) Juarez.
(c) Mafizo.
(d) Tobias.

6. What symptom did the ration master display just before he died?
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Convulsions.

7. Which remaining member of the expedition was most hurt by the departure of Señor Dorantes?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Ruiz.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Caca

8. How many members of the expedition were able-bodied enough to follow Echogan to the tribe's village?
(a) 50 or 60.
(b) 90 or 100.
(c) 20 or 30.
(d) 10 or 20.

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

10. 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?
(a) Licorice.
(b) Black root.
(c) Oak leaves.
(d) Hearts of palm.

11. The group of healers formed by Mustafa, Oyosamot, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, and Señor Dorantes came to be named "The Children of the" (236) what?
(a) Light.
(b) Wind.
(c) Sun.
(d) Morning.

12. What term did Governor Guzman use to describe the Indians he had excluded from the feast?
(a) Cannibals.
(b) Heathens.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Savages.

13. What quality of Oyosamot's personality caused Mustafa to marry her?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Humor.
(d) Courage.

14. Which character tried in earnest to figure out why Echogan's tribe had turned violent?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.

15. What type of transportation were the Indians using who led the expedition members to safety in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?
(a) Horses.
(b) Canoes.
(c) Wagons.
(d) Rafts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Echogan hold within his tribe?

2. How many days after losing a number of men to an assault waged with rocks did the expedition reach the mouth of a wide river?

3. When the five horsemen led Mustafa's small group to the nearby Castilian encampment, they said that it was how many leagues away?

4. How many muskets did the members of the expedition have left when they waited all night for the missing members of the company to appear?

5. How many men were missing by the time Mustafa and the rest of the able-bodied members of the expedition made it back to shore in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

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