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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, P. 136 to P. 228.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Blood Gutton?
(a) Mixtli's uncle.
(b) Mixtli's boss at the quarry.
(c) Mixtli's father.
(d) Mixtli's teacher.

2. What does Mixtli learn about the Mexican people in his first history class?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) That he has incorrect ideas about their history.
(c) That they were nomads.
(d) That they adopted the civilization of their new neighbors in the Lake region.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mixtli called until he is 7 years old?

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

3. Where is Mixtli taken on his naming day?

4. Who is Tzitzilini?

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

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