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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before Mustafa, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, Señor Dorantes, and Señor Castillo join together once again to search for the port city, which two arrived at the Yguace settlement?
(a) Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(b) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Castillo.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Dorantes.
(d) Mustafa and Señor Castillo.

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

3. Who tried to assure Governor Guzman that the Indians in the group of healers could be peacefully converted to a specific religion?
(a) Oyosamot.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.

4. What office did Guzman hold, as revealed in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) Deputy.
(b) Mayor.
(c) King.
(d) Governor.

5. Which remaining member of the expedition was most hurt by the departure of Señor Dorantes?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Señor Ruiz.
(c) Father Anselmo.
(d) Señor Cabeza de Caca

6. What job did Chaubekwan hold within the Yguace tribe?
(a) Officiant.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Deputy.
(d) Judge.

7. How many years did Mustafa spend with the Yguace tribe before he joined up with three other members of the original expedition?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

8. Who asked Torres the date when he encountered the five Castilian horsemen?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Señor Albaniz.

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

10. What term did Governor Guzman use to describe the Indians he had excluded from the feast?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Cannibals.
(c) Savages.
(d) Heathens.

11. What quality of Oyosamot's personality caused Mustafa to marry her?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Humor.
(d) Courage.

12. Which member of the healing group likely told Governor Guzmán the information he was seeking about the terrain and Indians?
(a) Señor Dorantes.
(b) Oyomasot.
(c) Satosol.
(d) Señor Castillo.

13. How many Indian followers were accompanying Mustafa when he spotted a piece of Castilian material on the ground?
(a) 25.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 100.

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

15. Who was the treasurer of the Narvaez expedition?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Diaz.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(d) Señor Dorantes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the expedition was reduced to using their handmade rafts, a royal official suddenly "had to share" what item "with a carpenter" (151)?

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

3. How many muskets did the members of the expedition have left when they waited all night for the missing members of the company to appear?

4. Which member of the expedition fired his musket when he and his men began to be pelted with rocks?

5. To which religion did Governor Guzmán wish to convert the Indians who were members of the healing group?

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