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Cabeza de Vaca Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Was Cabeza still friends with the Spaniards after they met again? (Luz)

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

How did Cabeza survive? (Luz)

a)

Wilderness skills

b)

Healing skills

c)

Respect for indigenous people

d)

All

3.

Which document mentions that Cabeza performed surgery? (Colvin)

a)

Document A

b)

Document B

c)

Document C

d)

Document D

4.

Why did the indigenous people not kill Cabeza? (Enyssia)

a)

They liked him.

b)

He helped them.

c)

He was part of their family.

d)

He tricked them into thinking he was a good guy.

5.

What did Cabeza de Vaca mainly eat? (Anthony)

a)

Snakes rabbits, corn

b)

Birds, leaves, bread

c)

Snakes, spiders, rats, berries.

d)

Rocks

6.

How did Cabeza perform surgery in all that pressure? (Leo)

a)

He used a needle to patch up the cut

b)

He used a computer to see how to sew a stitch

c)

He used a deer bone

d)

He used a magic wand to do everything

7.

What do you call somebody stuck on a island? (Eli)

a)

a castaway

b)

somebody stuck

c)

a random person

d)

a cannibal

8.

What did he use to get the arrow out when he was doing surgery? (Osvaldo)

a)

a stick

b)

a rock

c)

a knife

d)

scissors

9.

How did Cabeza learn sign language? (Stefany)

a)

He just learned

b)

He practiced

c)

His friends showed him

d)

He looked it up online

10.

How many languages did Cabeza learn? (Anthony)

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

Where is Cabeza trying to go? (Ja'Xyon)

a)

New York

b)

Africa

c)

Mexico

d)

China

12.

What did Cabeza mainly eat? (Yaretzi)

a)

Berries, mollusks

b)

rats, roots

c)

lizards, snakes, spiders

d)

all

13.

What document shows how Cabeza survives in the cold? (Adrian)

a)

Doc C

b)

Doc A

c)

Doc B

d)

Doc D

14.

Who trapped Cabeza? (Chastelin)

a)

Friends

b)

Indians

c)

Spaniards

d)

none of the above

15.

How many stitches did Cabeza put in the indigenous man? (Colvin)

a)

1 stitch

b)

3 stitches

c)

2 stitches

d)

5 stitches

16.

Where was Cabeza exploring? (Anthony)

a)

Northern India

b)

Western India

c)

Northern Texas

d)

Southern California

17.

While on the raft, Cabeza drank water from what?

a)

A hollowed out coconut

b)

A water flask

c)

A hollowed out horse leg

d)

A deer bladder

18.

When Cabeza befriended his captors, they allowed him to ____

a)

served as a trader among Indian bands

b)

become captain of the raft

c)

become a translator

d)

babysit the children

19.

In 1534, Cabeza was able to make a campfire from _____

a)

flames started from a tree struck by lightning

b)

a fire from another castaway camp

c)

a lighter he found under a rock

d)

matches in the emergency kit

20.

How many other survivors were with Cabeza de Vaca?

a)

1 other survivor

b)

2 other survivors

c)

3 other survivors

d)

4 other survivors