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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. What action did the ration master take in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" that resulted in his death?
(a) He went for a swim.
(b) He held his breath.
(c) He looked into the sun.
(d) He drank a flask of saltwater.

2. What secret did Mustafa keep from his family, as revealed in Chapter 6: "The Story of the Sale"?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The injury to his hand.
(c) The loss of his scholarship.
(d) The loss of his employment.

3. Which member of Mustafa's family fell ill around the same time he started to keep a secret from his family?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

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

5. What event occurred to cut short the mutiny against Señor Narvaez after he declared it was every man for himself?
(a) A drowning.
(b) A storm.
(c) A murder.
(d) A shark sighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who acted as the official notary of the armada, according to Mustafa?

2. Which member of the expedition charged into the woods in Chapter 9: "The Story of Aute" and emerged with an eye missing?

3. Mustafa's second master, Señor Dorantes, called Mustafa by what name?

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?

5. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?

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