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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom did Echogan give his own fur cloak when he first came into contact with Mustafa and the rest of the company?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Señor Narvaez.

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

4. Who tried to assure Governor Guzman that the Indians in the group of healers could be peacefully converted to a specific religion?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Father Anselmo.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Oyosamot.

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

6. Which member of the expedition fired his musket when he and his men began to be pelted with rocks?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

7. 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) Rafts.
(c) Wagons.
(d) Canoes.

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

9. Governor Guzman wanted to enslave the Indians in the group of healers, even though he declared such an act to be what?
(a) Despicable.
(b) Harmful.
(c) Immoral.
(d) Illegal.

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

11. What office did Guzman hold, as revealed in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) Deputy.
(b) Governor.
(c) King.
(d) Mayor.

12. What kind of person did Mustafa, Señor Dorantes, Señor Cabeza de Caca, and Señor Castillo follow to the camp of the Avavare tribe?
(a) A girl.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man.
(d) A boy.

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

14. How many Indian followers were accompanying Mustafa when he spotted a piece of Castilian material on the ground?
(a) 25.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 100.

15. How many years did Mustafa spend with the Yguace tribe before he joined up with three other members of the original expedition?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Señor Cabeza de Vaca realized in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" that the expedition had reached La Florida how many years before?

2. Which character suggested to Señor Narvaez that the rafts be linked together?

3. What term did Governor Guzman use to describe the Indians he had excluded from the feast?

4. Mustafa says that which character felt humiliated by the experience of sharing close quarters with members of different classes?

5. 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?

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