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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. Señor Cabeza de Vaca realized in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan" that the expedition had reached La Florida how many years before?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

3. 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?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 32.
(d) 15.

4. What signs did Señor Cabeza de Vaca use to find the other Castilians nearby in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) Hoofprints.
(b) Carriage tracks.
(c) Peanut shells.
(d) Bootprints.

5. Which character looked at the object Mustafa found and announced that there were other Castilians nearby?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What month did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

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

4. What symptom did the ration master display just before he died?

5. What role did Echogan hold within his tribe?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. 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"?

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

7. 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?

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

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