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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. Which character suggested to Señor Narvaez that the rafts be linked together?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

2. What year did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) 1511.
(b) 1536.
(c) 1634.
(d) 1498.

3. What adjective does Mustafa use to describe Oyosamot's "stare" (225) when he first meets her?
(a) Mean.
(b) Mocking.
(c) Wry.
(d) Flirtatious.

4. Toward what feature did the members of the expedition believe they were traveling when they paddled along the shore in their rafts?
(a) The sister island to La Florida.
(b) The port.
(c) The lighthouse.
(d) The bay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurred to cut short the mutiny against Señor Narvaez after he declared it was every man for himself?

2. Señor Dorantes promised Mustafa that he would officially free him once they both reached what location?

3. 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?

4. To which religion did Governor Guzmán wish to convert the Indians who were members of the healing group?

5. How many Indian followers were accompanying Mustafa when he spotted a piece of Castilian material on the ground?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which character was most disturbed by the decision of Señor Dorantes to leave the Carancahuas' settlement with no notice and why?

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

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

5. 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"?

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

7. 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."

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

9. 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"?

10. What hypothesis does Mustafa share with the reader regarding the reasons why Echogan's tribe attacked the members of the expedition?

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