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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Part, Section 2, P. 957 to P. 1038 (end).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Cortes not cross the causeway with his forces when he is retreating?
(a) Because he and his forces are too fat.
(b) Because he would lose his honor if he did so.
(c) Because the bridge has been removed.
(d) Because there are enemies on the other side as well.

2. What happens to Beu Ribe that causes Mixtli to start to plan revenge?
(a) Someone burns her house down.
(b) She is killed.
(c) She is raped.
(d) She is kidnapped and taken far, far away.

3. What does Mixtli learn to kill game with during his first journey as a tradesman?
(a) Poison.
(b) A gun.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A spear.

4. Who does Mixtli meet in the court of Texcoco when he first arrives?
(a) The cacao-colored man.
(b) His childhood friend.
(c) His grandfather, who he thought was dead.
(d) His sister.

5. What modern day city would Mixtli have been from?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Rome.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has doubts about the quality of the soldiers the farmers will make in the army Mixtli must put together?

2. How many new ships are in the Spanish fleet that arrives?

3. As children, what do Chimali and Mixtli pretend they are and will be as adults?

4. What "weapon" of Cortes's terrifies the native warriors?

5. What kind of sense does Mixtli get from talking to the shipwrecked Spaniards?

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