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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts"- Chapter 15: "The Story of the Yguaces".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez was forced to sell Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, due to debts incurred in what way?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Unpaid taxes.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Agricultural investments.

2. The satchel carried by the notary, Señor Albaniz, was made of what material?
(a) Felt.
(b) Leather.
(c) Banana leaves.
(d) Wood.

3. Mustafa states that members of the expedition found how many Indians hiding nearby the village with a dozen huts?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

4. 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.

5. Mustafa says in Chapter 8: "The Story of Seville" that he went into the church as "the servant of God looked at him unblinkingly, all the while wondering what the action meant and why he repeated it with each one of us. It was not until much later that I understood the significance of the sign on our bodies. I had entered the church as the servant of God Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori" (109) but that he left it with what name?
(a) Esteban.
(b) Azemmur.
(c) Estebanico.
(d) Guadalquivir.

Short Answer Questions

1. The slave trader told Señor Dorantes that Mustafa, whom he called Esteban, would be a valuable asset to the expedition due to his skills in what area?

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

3. Mustafa recounts a time when Señor Bernardo Rodriguez pressed the heel of his boot against Mustafa's neck as punishment for what offense?

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

5. Señor Narvaez reportedly resorted to sleeping on the raft with how many other expedition members?

(see the answer key)

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