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Quiz Balboa

Instructions Please complete the quiz. You have 2 attempts. You may use your book! Short answer responses MUST be at least 3 sentences to receive full credit. Short answer responses MUST cite text evidence (when included in the question) to receive full credit. Please proofread your responses. Check for complete sentences, proper grammar, and punctuation. Points will be reduced due to excessive errors.

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Balboa thinks about Cristóbal Colón, Vespucci, and the Pizarro brothers because
he considers himself a great explorer.
 
Which event in the story is told in a flashback
Balboa's voyage to the New World
 
The greatest threat to Balboa comes from
Spanish rivals.
 
In lines 164–165, the narrator says, “So the monk converts the Indians, and Balboa sends them on to God.” What does Balboa do to the converts
kills them with dogs
 
Which character trait does Balboa exhibit throughout the story
ambition
 
Something that is pristine is
unspoiled
 
Supplanted means

 

replaced.
 

Protruding means

 

buldging
 

What does discord mean
conflict
 
To cede means to

 

yield
 

n lines 72–73, the narrator says that “Balboa's hindsight is always good.” Cite two examples from the story that support this statement. 

 In lines 80-87, Balboa realizes he should not have sent "the governor, Martín Fernández de Enciso, back to Spain" but should have killed him or turned him over to "some Indian tribe.  In lines 68-69, Balboa realizes that he "should have brought an Indian with him" to protect him from jaguars.

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