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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about Chimali's hair?
(a) It is outrageously red and very, very long.
(b) It is grey even though he is a little kid.
(c) He has none.
(d) It is wild and unruly.

2. What is the ruler's zoo made up of?
(a) Animals from India.
(b) Human freaks.
(c) Animals that have been captured from the jungle.
(d) Sea creatures.

3. Who is Gie Bele?
(a) Mixtli's long-lost sister.
(b) The goddess of safe travels.
(c) A woman who lost her inn as collateral.
(d) The slave who dies after being attacked by a jaguar.

4. How many pairs of magnifying glasses does Mixtli order?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 120.

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

6. 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.

7. What does Teotihuacan mean?
(a) Palace of the Clouds.
(b) City of Danger.
(c) Holy City.
(d) The Place Where the Gods Gathered.

8. What does the cacao-colored man advise Mixtli to do after he visits the zoo?
(a) Go cleanse himself in the river.
(b) Consider serving as a priest.
(c) Apologize for his sins.
(d) Travel.

9. What is a holy number in Mixtli's society?
(a) 52.
(b) 25.
(c) Anything ending in 2.
(d) 18.

10. 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 adopted the civilization of their new neighbors in the Lake region.
(d) That they were nomads.

11. Who is Pactli?
(a) Red Heron's son.
(b) Mixtli's son.
(c) Red Heron's brother.
(d) Mixtli's brother.

12. What is Emperor Carlos the ruler of?
(a) The Holy Roman Empire.
(b) The Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
(c) None of these answers are correct.
(d) Spain.

13. How are swords sharpened in Mixtli's hometown?
(a) With other swords.
(b) On very hard wood trees.
(c) By leaving them in the river.
(d) With sharp obsidian rocks.

14. For what subject do Chimali and Tlatli both receive scholarships to study?
(a) Art.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Swordfighting.
(d) Religion.

15. Who does Pactli wish to marry?
(a) Red Heron.
(b) Tzitzilini.
(c) Mixtli.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mixtli's formal, adult name mean?

2. How many men are sacrificed at the ceremony Mixtli observes on his naming day?

3. What does Mixtli learn to kill game with during his first journey as a tradesman?

4. During his first trip as a tradesman, what does Mixtli learn about the great cities the Maya had built?

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

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