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

2. Which member of the expedition did NOT live with the Yguace tribe at some point?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Castillo.

3. Señor Dorantes claimed that he had left the camp of the Caranahuas because they had killed which character?
(a) Diego.
(b) Señor Narvaez.
(c) Señor Albaniz.
(d) Señor Diaz.

4. What is NOT a grooming step Señor Dorantes took on the way to meet with Governor Guzmán?
(a) He cut off his braids.
(b) He trimmed his beard.
(c) He perfumed his hair.
(d) He shaved his head.

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

6. Señor Narvaez reportedly resorted to sleeping on the raft with how many other expedition members?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 36.

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

8. Mustafa says that which character felt humiliated by the experience of sharing close quarters with members of different classes?
(a) Señor Dorante.
(b) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Pablo.

9. How many of the five horsemen Mustafa encountered in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" were wearing helmets?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

10. Who helped Mustafa drag the bodies of the men who died in their sleep toward the river for a water burial?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Diego.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Father Anselmo.

11. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

12. Once the expedition was reduced to using their handmade rafts, a royal official suddenly "had to share" what item "with a carpenter" (151)?
(a) A comb.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) A poncho.
(d) A cup of water.

13. From what tribe did Oyosamot hail?
(a) Inca.
(b) Carancahua.
(c) Mendoza.
(d) Avavare.

14. Which member of the expedition was the first to live with the Yguace tribe?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

15. What event occurred to cut short the mutiny against Señor Narvaez after he declared it was every man for himself?
(a) A shark sighting.
(b) A drowning.
(c) A murder.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

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

3. 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?

4. What year did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

5. What type of communication did Señor Dorantes use to tell his companions his reasons for leaving them?

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