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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Once the expedition was reduced to using their handmade rafts, a royal official suddenly "had to share" what item "with a carpenter" (151)?
(a) A poncho.
(b) A cup of water.
(c) A comb.
(d) A toothbrush.

3. Governor Guzman wanted to enslave the Indians in the group of healers, even though he declared such an act to be what?
(a) Immoral.
(b) Harmful.
(c) Despicable.
(d) Illegal.

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

5. 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"?
(a) 11.
(b) 2.
(c) 17.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Chaubekwan hold within the Yguace tribe?

2. What symptom did the ration master display just before he died?

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

4. Which member of the expedition became fast friends with Chaubekwan?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason did Mustafa become concerned when the number of followers traveling with the Children of the Sun group swelled?

2. Who was Señor Albaniz and what was his job within the armada's expedition?

3. What change occurred in the way the Castilians viewed the landscape and why, according to Mustafa's comments in Chapter 13: "The Story of the Three Rivers"?

4. In what way does Lalami increase the suspense concerning the possibility of Mustafa's freedom?

5. Who was Chaubekwan and in what way was he different from other men Mustafa had encountered in his life?

6. How did Mustafa's views about religion change over the course of the time he was in the New World?

7. What important information did Mustafa and Señor Cabeza de Vaca learn when they encountered five horsemen in Chapter 18: "The Story of Culiacan"?

8. By the time the events in Chapter 19: "The Story of Compostela" took place, how many years had passed since Mustafa sold himself into slavery?

9. In what way were the members of the Carancahua tribe different from other tribes Mustafa had encountered?

10. In what way does the piece of glass in Chapter 18: "The Story of the Culiacan" dovetail with the pebble in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida"?

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