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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Tzitzi summoned by priests?
(a) To be examined for virginity.
(b) Because she has confessed to being a sinner.
(c) Because she has started talking in tongues.
(d) Because she can see the future.

2. What does Mixtli notice about Zyanya and Beu Ribe's blouses?
(a) They have the mysterious purple dye in them.
(b) They are very, very old and worn.
(c) They used to be Gie Bele's.
(d) They are made of the finest silk available.

3. Why does Pactli wear Lady Jadestone Doll's ring?
(a) Because he stole it from her during their night together.
(b) Because he is going to marry her someday.
(c) Because he is the best person in bed she has ever known.
(d) Because he is going to be her next lover.

4. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?
(a) He doesn't want to go at all.
(b) He knows his new life will be just terrible.
(c) He knows he will be killed there.
(d) He is sad to leave his sister.

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

6. What happens to Mixtli on his way to Gie Bele's house the second time?
(a) He breaks his leg and gets trapped in a cave.
(b) He loses a bet and must become her slave.
(c) He loses one foot to a crocodile.
(d) He is attacked and thought killed.

7. Why does Mixtli draw a picture of Pactli for Lady Jadestone Doll?
(a) So she will banish him.
(b) So she will distract him from his sister.
(c) So she will pick him to have sex with.
(d) So she will have him killed.

8. Where does Tepetzalan work?
(a) He is unemployed.
(b) He is the king, so he doesn't really work anywhere specific.
(c) In a rock quarry.
(d) On the subway.

9. At what pivotal moment does Cozcatl rejoin Mixtli?
(a) Right before he is going to kill himself.
(b) Right before he is going to be killed for his crimes.
(c) During a battle.
(d) During his trial.

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

11. Why do the young men of Mixtli's hometown find a female slave?
(a) To clean their houses.
(b) To cook them food.
(c) To clean their clothes.
(d) To give them sex.

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

13. During his first trip as a tradesman, what does Mixtli learn about the great cities the Maya had built?
(a) That they have been turned into museums.
(b) That they now lie in ruins.
(c) That they are overused.
(d) That they are filled with people.

14. What nickname is Mixtli given because of his poor vision?
(a) Mole.
(b) Blind.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Four-eyes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emperor Carlos the ruler of?

2. How does Slave Ten die?

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

4. Who is Cozcatl?

5. Who is Red Heron?

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