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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. What kind of person did Mustafa, Señor Dorantes, Señor Cabeza de Caca, and Señor Castillo follow to the camp of the Avavare tribe?
(a) A girl.
(b) A boy.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

2. Which member of the expedition was the first to live with the Yguace tribe?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

3. What role did Behewibri hold within the Avavare tribe?
(a) Tax collector.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Deputy.

4. What is NOT a grooming step Señor Dorantes took on the way to meet with Governor Guzmán?
(a) He perfumed his hair.
(b) He shaved his head.
(c) He cut off his braids.
(d) He trimmed his beard.

5. By the time Mustafa met Señor Alcarez, how many people were part of Mustafa's group of healers?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 600.
(c) 100.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men were missing by the time Mustafa and the rest of the able-bodied members of the expedition made it back to shore in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"?

2. How did Mustafa feel toward the man who was hurt the most by the disappearance of Señor Dorantes?

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

4. From what tribe did Oyosamot hail?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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"?

10. 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?

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