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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Wind.
(b) Sun.
(c) Light.
(d) Morning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Toward what feature did the members of the expedition believe they were traveling when they paddled along the shore in their rafts?

4. What is NOT a grooming step Señor Dorantes took on the way to meet with Governor Guzmán?

5. Which member of the expedition fired his musket when he and his men began to be pelted with rocks?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way were the members of the Carancahua tribe different from other tribes Mustafa had encountered?

2. What happened to Señor Narvaez, according to a survivor who was on a raft with him when the company's rafts became separated from one another?

3. Toward what destination did Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo travel once they reunited at the end of Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces"?

4. Who was Behewibri?

5. In what way does the theme of class difference appear in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

6. How did Mustafa's views about religion change over the course of the time he was in the New World?

7. What important information did Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca learn when they encountered five horsemen in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

8. What major change did Mustafa undergo after he and his companions formed the group called Children of the Sun?

9. How does Señor Dorantes react to the living conditions on the tiny rafts in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" and how is his reaction different from Mustafa's reaction?

10. Name three excuses members of the Children of the Sun gave to Governor Guzman when he demanded information in Chapter 19: "The Story of the Compostela."

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