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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VII, Section 2, P. 511 to P. 584.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an acali?
(a) A strange bug that seems to have mystical powers.
(b) The royal boat that takes Mixtli back to Texcoco.
(c) A spy.
(d) The name given to the person about to be sacrificed.

2. Where do Mixtli and Zyanya go in their mission to steal a piece of precious hard metal?
(a) Purempecha.
(b) Madrid.
(c) The Grand Pyramid.
(d) Mexico City.

3. How are the unexpected riches delivered to Mixtli?
(a) By bird.
(b) By elephants.
(c) By slaves.
(d) By canoe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pactli?

2. What is distinct about the man who stops Mixtli on his naming day and asks to read his fortune?

3. Who is grabbed as a hostage during Mixtli's quest for the purple dye?

4. What happens during the "five hollow days" in Mixtli's hometown?

5. What happens when the hollow days end?

(see the answer key)

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