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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mixtli's father given in exchange for his silence about what happens to Tzitzi?
(a) His freedom.
(b) A lot of gold.
(c) A new house.
(d) He is made head of the quarry.

2. What is unique about Chimali's hair?
(a) It is grey even though he is a little kid.
(b) It is outrageously red and very, very long.
(c) It is wild and unruly.
(d) He has none.

3. What happens when the hollow days end?
(a) There is a night of celebration.
(b) All the farmers plant their crops.
(c) Everyone confesses their sins.
(d) A new year begins.

4. 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.

5. What is Mixtli's formal, adult name?
(a) Mixtlini.
(b) Tlilectic-Mixtli.
(c) Tlilmix.
(d) Mixtlilix.

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

7. What does Mixtli's formal, adult name mean?
(a) Cleansing Rain.
(b) Dark Cloud.
(c) Deep-Rooted Tree.
(d) Steady Mountain.

8. Why is Mixtli invited to the court of Texcoco?
(a) To be educated.
(b) To perform manual labor.
(c) To explain his relationship with his sister.
(d) To be the person who sacrifices others.

9. During his first trip as a tradesman, what does Mixtli learn about the great cities the Maya had built?
(a) That they now lie in ruins.
(b) That they are overused.
(c) That they are filled with people.
(d) That they have been turned into museums.

10. Why does Pactli wear Lady Jadestone Doll's ring?
(a) Because he is going to marry her someday.
(b) Because he is the best person in bed she has ever known.
(c) Because he is going to be her next lover.
(d) Because he stole it from her during their night together.

11. Who is grabbed as a hostage during Mixtli's quest for the purple dye?
(a) Beu Ribe.
(b) Zyanya.
(c) Gie Bele.
(d) Tzitzi.

12. What does Lady Jadeston Doll do to her lovers?
(a) Tortures them.
(b) Keeps them in the castle dungeons.
(c) Banishes them.
(d) Kills them.

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

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

15. What service must Mixtli do once he arrives at the court of Texcoco?
(a) Pay for his crimes with his life.
(b) Assist the ruler there.
(c) Manage other slaves.
(d) Scrub the entire castle so he knows it by heart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mixtli learn about the Mexican people in his first history class?

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

4. Who is Lady Jadestone Doll?

5. What about the purple dye is so intriguing when Mixtli first hears of it?

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