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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 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.

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

3. What type of communication did Señor Dorantes use to tell his companions his reasons for leaving them?
(a) A painting.
(b) None.
(c) A letter.
(d) A drawing.

4. 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) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

6. To which religion did Governor Guzmán wish to convert the Indians who were members of the healing group?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Sufism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Christianity.

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

8. What role did Behewibri hold within the Avavare tribe?
(a) Tax collector.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Deputy.

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

10. Whose departure from the expedition greatly upset Diego, Señor Dorantes's brother?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Señor Benitez.
(d) Father Anselmo's.

11. With whom did Mustafa fall in love in Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"?
(a) Cabezot.
(b) Oyosamot.
(c) Aykenot.
(d) Kenyasot.

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

13. 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?
(a) 15.
(b) 32.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

14. According to Mustafa, what caused him to mention aloud his discovery of a particular object on the ground in Chapter 18: "The Story of the Culiacans"?
(a) He thought the object may be valuable.
(b) He wanted to prevent injury.
(c) He does not know.
(d) He wanted to gain favor with his master.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Governor Guzman wanted to enslave the Indians in the group of healers, even though he declared such an act to be what?

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

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