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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. 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 wanted to prevent injury.
(b) He does not know.
(c) He thought the object may be valuable.
(d) He wanted to gain favor with his master.

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

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

4. How many members of the expedition were able-bodied enough to follow Echogan to the tribe's village?
(a) 10 or 20.
(b) 50 or 60.
(c) 90 or 100.
(d) 20 or 30.

5. How did Mustafa feel toward the man who was hurt the most by the disappearance of Señor Dorantes?
(a) Angry.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Protective.
(d) Ashamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the expedition harshly chastised Señor Dorantes in Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces"?

2. What job did Chaubekwan hold within the Yguace tribe?

3. Señor Dorantes found out near the end of Chapter 20: "The Story of México-Tenochtitlán" that which character was pregnant with his child?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Señor Albaniz and what was his job within the armada's expedition?

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

3. Who was Chaubekwan and in what way was he different from other men Mustafa had encountered in his life?

4. Who was Behewibri?

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

6. 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"?

7. In what way does the piece of glass in Chapter 18: "The Story of the Culiacan" dovetail with the pebble in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida"?

8. 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"?

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

10. 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?

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