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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

7. What role did Echogan hold within his tribe?
(a) Cacique.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Deputy.
(d) Prefect.

8. 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

9. Señor Cabeza de Vaca realized in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" that the expedition had reached La Florida how many years before?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

10. Which character administered a "zaatar" (224) in Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Behewibri.

11. What object did Mustafa find upon the ground in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) A piece of glass.
(b) A piece of metal.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A piece of cloth.

12. 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) 32.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 15.

13. 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) Rafts.
(d) Wagons.

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

15. What signs did Señor Cabeza de Vaca use to find the other Castilians nearby in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) Bootprints.
(b) Carriage tracks.
(c) Peanut shells.
(d) Hoofprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. The satchel carried by the notary, Señor Albaniz, was made of what material?

2. What item from an earlier chapter appears in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" when it is found on the ration master's corpse?

3. What role did Behewibri hold within the Avavare tribe?

4. Which member of the healing group likely told Governor Guzmán the information he was seeking about the terrain and Indians?

5. Which member of the expedition was the first to live with the Yguace tribe?

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