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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. Why do the young men of Mixtli's hometown find a female slave?
(a) To clean their clothes.
(b) To cook them food.
(c) To give them sex.
(d) To clean their houses.

2. Who does Mixtli meet in the court of Texcoco when he first arrives?
(a) His childhood friend.
(b) His grandfather, who he thought was dead.
(c) The cacao-colored man.
(d) His sister.

3. What does the cacao-colored man advise Mixtli to do after he visits the zoo?
(a) Travel.
(b) Go cleanse himself in the river.
(c) Apologize for his sins.
(d) Consider serving as a priest.

4. After the battle, what is Mixtli asked to do by Reverend Speaker?
(a) Neither of these answers is correct.
(b) Both of these answers are correct.
(c) Make an in-depth report.
(d) Produce maps.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Emperor Carlos the ruler of?

3. What does Mixtli see being built on his naming day?

4. Who comes up to see Lady Jadestone Doll when Pactli is expected?

5. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Mixtli's boatmen while he is searching for the purple dye?

2. According to Blood Glutton, how can Mixtli still achieve a flowery death if he cannot be victorious in battle?

3. Why do Tlatli and Chimali decline Mixtli's request regarding his sister?

4. How does Mixtli react when he sees the "tapir woman" in the ruler's human zoo?

5. What kinds of costumes do children wear to celebrate the end of the hollow days?

6. Who is Armed Scorpio?

7. Who is the cacao-colored man who often wanders the streets?

8. What particular product, used by a doctor to try to save Slave Ten's life, does Mixtli find so interesting?

9. In the opening of the book, what does Mixtli's sister, Tzitzilini, get punished for?

10. Why is Mixtli's home area called the five lakes region?

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