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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many pairs of magnifying glasses does Mixtli order?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 120.

4. What is a holy number in Mixtli's society?
(a) 18.
(b) 25.
(c) Anything ending in 2.
(d) 52.

5. Who is Gie Bele?
(a) Mixtli's long-lost sister.
(b) A woman who lost her inn as collateral.
(c) The goddess of safe travels.
(d) The slave who dies after being attacked by a jaguar.

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

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

8. What is so distinct about the Cloud People?
(a) They are very beautiful.
(b) They have very, very small ears.
(c) Their voices are very high pitched.
(d) They don't talk.

9. What happens to Mixtli's vision after his naming ceremony?
(a) It begins to deteriorate.
(b) He becomes completely blind.
(c) He starts seeing ghosts.
(d) It suddenly becomes much sharper.

10. On what job is Mitxtli working when his sister seduces him?
(a) A politician.
(b) A guard.
(c) A miner.
(d) An artist.

11. Who is the Lady of Tolan?
(a) Nezahualpili's second daughter.
(b) Nezahualpili's first daughter.
(c) Nezahualpili's first wife.
(d) Nezahualpili's mother.

12. Why is Tzitzi summoned by priests?
(a) Because she has confessed to being a sinner.
(b) To be examined for virginity.
(c) Because she can see the future.
(d) Because she has started talking in tongues.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knows where her father went to get the mysterious purple dye?

2. How are the unexpected riches delivered to Mixtli?

3. What is an acali?

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

5. After the battle, what is Mixtli asked to do by Reverend Speaker?

(see the answer keys)

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