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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: "The Story of the Palace"- Chapter 25: "The Story of Hawikuh" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Mustafa fall in love in Chapter 16: "The Story of the Avavares"?
(a) Aykenot.
(b) Cabezot.
(c) Oyosamot.
(d) Kenyasot.

2. In what year did Spain stop using the document entitled the Requerimiento during expeditions to the Americas?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1483.
(c) 1556.
(d) 1534.

3. What city in Mexico did Mustafa and his Castilian companions first reach?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Baja.
(c) Ensenada.
(d) Tenochtitlán.

4. As the members of the expedition marched toward Aute, members of what tribe attacked them relentlessly?
(a) Apalache.
(b) Aute.
(c) Snoqualmie.
(d) Comanche.

5. Señor Bernardo Rodriguez's wife had what first name?
(a) Dorotea.
(b) Maria.
(c) Ramatullai.
(d) Caterina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped bring a baby into the world in Chapter 23: "The Story of the Guesthouse?

2. Lalami states in the Acknowledgments section that she had based the Chapter 1 speech by a man with what role on the document called the Requerimiento?

3. In Heniya's story about the embroiderer and the caftans, what happens at the end of the story when the girl is found to be useless with a lute?

4. What adjective does Mustafa use to describe Oyosamot's "stare" (225) when he first meets her?

5. Who read from a scroll once the whole party had disembarked from the ships?

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