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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. How many horsemen did Mustafa and his group of gatherers see approaching them in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

2. What action did the ration master take in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" that resulted in his death?
(a) He looked into the sun.
(b) He held his breath.
(c) He went for a swim.
(d) He drank a flask of saltwater.

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

5. Mustafa recalls in Chapter 13: "The Three Rivers" that the first time he noticed the Castilians were not naming landscape features, they had encountered what type of feature?
(a) A rock wall.
(b) A plateau.
(c) A river.
(d) A waterfall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of transportation were the Indians using who led the expedition members to safety in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

2. 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?

3. Which character looked at the object Mustafa found and announced that there were other Castilians nearby?

4. Under what type of plant did Mustafa find an object on the ground in Chapter 18: "The Culiacan"?

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 does Lalami increase the suspense concerning the possibility of Mustafa's freedom?

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

3. What event caused Mustafa to apply the name "The Island of Misfortune" to a particular location in Chapter 12: "The Story of the Island of Misfortune"?

4. By the time the events in Chapter 19: "The Story of Compostela" took place, how many years had passed since Mustafa sold himself into slavery?

5. For what reason did Mustafa become concerned when the number of followers traveling with the Children of the Sun group swelled?

6. 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"?

7. What change occurred in the way the Castilians viewed the landscape and why, according to Mustafa's comments in Chapter 13: "The Story of the Three Rivers"?

8. 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."

9. How did Señor Dorantes come to have a child on the way?

10. Who was Behewibri?

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