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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tepetzalan?
(a) Mixtli's father.
(b) None of these answers are correct.
(c) Both Mixtli and Chimali's father.
(d) Chimali's father.

2. Who is Lady Jadestone Doll?
(a) Mixtli's girlfriend.
(b) Nezahualpili's new servant.
(c) Nezahualpili's new wife.
(d) Mixtli's servant at Texcoco.

3. Where is the purple dye found?
(a) In the land of the Zyu.
(b) In the land Ahuitzotl rules over.
(c) In Mexico City.
(d) In Spain.

4. Who are sacrificed at the end of the hollow days?
(a) Two goats.
(b) No one.
(c) Mixtli's favorite servants.
(d) Two slave children.

5. What will happen if Pactli marries Tzitzilini?
(a) She will have to leave her hometown.
(b) The family will become nobles.
(c) All of her former boyfriends will be killed.
(d) She must bear a son within one year.

6. Why does Mixtli enjoy feeling an earthquake for the first time?
(a) This is a trick question; he doesn't enjoy feeling it at all.
(b) Because he thinks he commanded it to happen.
(c) Because he had dreamed about it the night before.
(d) Because he finds it erotic.

7. Who is Red Heron?
(a) The governor of Mexico City.
(b) The president of Mexico.
(c) The governor of Xaltocan.
(d) The governor of Texcoco.

8. Who does Pactli wish to marry?
(a) Mixtli.
(b) No one.
(c) Red Heron.
(d) Tzitzilini.

9. How does Slave Ten die?
(a) From the injuries inflicted upon him by Mixtli.
(b) Of a rabbit bite.
(c) No one knows -- he just dies in his sleep.
(d) He is attacked by a jaguar.

10. What is Mixtli called until he is 7 years old?
(a) Little Man.
(b) Six Branches.
(c) Seven Flowers.
(d) Angry Runner.

11. Where is Mixtli taken on his naming day?
(a) Tzetzilini.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Tenochtitlan.
(d) Xaltocan.

12. Where does Mixtli find huge fossil bones?
(a) In the jungle.
(b) In a cave.
(c) On top of a mountain.
(d) In a dry, cracked lake bed.

13. How are swords sharpened in Mixtli's hometown?
(a) With other swords.
(b) By leaving them in the river.
(c) On very hard wood trees.
(d) With sharp obsidian rocks.

14. How long does Mixtli travel for during his first journey as a tradesman?
(a) Seven weeks.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Seventeen weeks.
(d) Seven years.

15. How does Gie Bele die?
(a) She drowns.
(b) She kills herself.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) She falls off a cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pactli wear Lady Jadestone Doll's ring?

2. What language does Gie Bele speak?

3. What happens when the hollow days end?

4. What overwhelms Mixtli about the boat that takes him to Texcoco ?

5. Why is Tzitzi summoned by priests?

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