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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. To whom did Echogan give his own fur cloak when he first came into contact with Mustafa and the rest of the company?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Albaniz.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Señor Narvaez.

2. What type of communication did Señor Dorantes use to tell his companions his reasons for leaving them?
(a) None.
(b) A painting.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A letter.

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

4. 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 waterfall.
(b) A plateau.
(c) A river.
(d) A rock wall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Governor Guzman wanted to enslave the Indians in the group of healers, even though he declared such an act to be what?

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

3. 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?

4. Torres, the apparent leader of the group of five horsemen Mustafa encounters, has what first name?

5. What object did Mustafa find upon the ground in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What action did Señor Narvaez take near the end of Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" that caused his crew to despise him?

3. 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."

4. 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?

5. 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"?

6. 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"?

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

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

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. 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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