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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What month did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?
(a) October.
(b) January.
(c) June.
(d) March.

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

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 trimmed his beard.
(c) He shaved his head.
(d) He cut off his braids.

5. Which character tried in earnest to figure out why Echogan's tribe had turned violent?
(a) Señor Albaniz.
(b) Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Señor Dorantes.
(d) Father Anselmo.

6. How did Mustafa feel toward the man who was hurt the most by the disappearance of Señor Dorantes?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Angry.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Protective.

7. 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) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Dorantes.
(b) Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca.
(c) Señor Cabeza de Vaca and Señor Castillo.
(d) Mustafa and Señor Castillo.

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

9. When the five horsemen led Mustafa's small group to the nearby Castilian encampment, they said that it was how many leagues away?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2.

10. 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 boy.
(b) A woman.
(c) A girl.
(d) A man.

11. What item from an earlier chapter appears in Chapter 11: "The Story of the Rafts" when it is found on the ration master's corpse?
(a) A sword.
(b) A pitchfork.
(c) A comb.
(d) A hatchet.

12. The group of healers formed by Mustafa, Oyosamot, Señor Cabeza de Vaca, and Señor Dorantes came to be named "The Children of the" (236) what?
(a) Sun.
(b) Light.
(c) Wind.
(d) Morning.

13. How many members of the expedition were able-bodied enough to follow Echogan to the tribe's village?
(a) 90 or 100.
(b) 10 or 20.
(c) 20 or 30.
(d) 50 or 60.

14. Señor Dorantes promised Mustafa that he would officially free him once they both reached what location?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

15. 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 shark sighting.
(c) A storm.
(d) A drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mustafa recalls in Chapter 13: "The Three Rivers" that the first time he noticed the Castilians were not naming landscape features, they had encountered what type of feature?

2. To whom did Echogan give his own fur cloak when he first came into contact with Mustafa and the rest of the company?

3. 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"?

4. Under what type of plant did Mustafa find an object on the ground in Chapter 18: "The Culiacan"?

5. What year did Torres name when he was asked for the current date in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

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