1. How accurate is the representation of Aztec culture in Land of Loss?

2. What was the Aztec ritual of human sacrifice that was like the one in Land of Loss? Why did they practice this ritual?

Did they have other rituals of human sacrifice?

3. What did Viking raiders do when they invaded a town or city? What would they be doing to New Tenochtitlan in Land of Loss?

4. What was the layout for the city Tenochtitlan? How is this layout reflected in the descriptions in Search for Senna and Land of Loss?

5. What figure in Aztec mythology does Huitzilopoctli represent? How did Aztecs expect him to behave?

6. What is fatalism? Why would Applegate attribute it to the Vikings?

7. Who is Merlin? In what ancient stories is he found? Based on the stories about him, how may he be expected to behave...