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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. What will happen if Pactli marries Tzitzilini?
(a) All of her former boyfriends will be killed.
(b) The family will become nobles.
(c) She will have to leave her hometown.
(d) She must bear a son within one year.

2. How does Chimali hide his hair as a child?
(a) In a hollowed-out pumpkin.
(b) Beneath a ski cap.
(c) He tucks it under his shirt, in the back.
(d) He rubs mud in it to hide the color.

3. How many men are sacrificed at the ceremony Mixtli observes on his naming day?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

4. What overwhelms Mixtli about the boat that takes him to Texcoco ?
(a) How small it is.
(b) He has to row it by himself.
(c) The riches on it.
(d) How unsafe it seems.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Blood Gutton?

2. Why is Mixtli invited to the court of Texcoco?

3. What is Emperor Carlos the ruler of?

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

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

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