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

2. Just before Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo join together once again to search for the port city, which two arrived at the Yguace settlement?
(a) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Dorantes.
(c) Mustafa and Señor Castillo.
(d) Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca.

3. Mustafa told Chaubekwan that those in his party who drank "an infusion of" (211) what "at the morning meal" were never afflicted with the fever?
(a) Licorice.
(b) Oak leaves.
(c) Black root.
(d) Hearts of palm.

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

5. Who helped Mustafa drag the bodies of the men who died in their sleep toward the river for a water burial?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Diego.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Mustafa spend with the Yguace tribe before he joined up with three other members of the original expedition?

2. Whose departure from the expedition greatly upset Diego, Señor Dorantes's brother?

3. Señor Dorantes claimed that he had left the camp of the Caranahuas because they had killed which character?

4. Mustafa and his companions awoke one morning in Chapter 13: "The Three Rivers" to find that how many men had died in their sleep?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

4. What aspect of Oyosamot's character did Mustafa particularly admire and why?

5. In what way does Lalami increase the suspense concerning the possibility of Mustafa's freedom?

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

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 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?

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

10. Who was Behewibri?

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