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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Mixtli travel for during his first journey as a tradesman?
(a) Seventeen weeks.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Seven weeks.
(d) Seven months.

2. Who is Lady Jadestone Doll?
(a) Mixtli's servant at Texcoco.
(b) Nezahualpili's new wife.
(c) Nezahualpili's new servant.
(d) Mixtli's girlfriend.

3. What does Mixtli's formal, adult name mean?
(a) Steady Mountain.
(b) Deep-Rooted Tree.
(c) Cleansing Rain.
(d) Dark Cloud.

4. What happens to Mixtli's vision after his naming ceremony?
(a) He starts seeing ghosts.
(b) It begins to deteriorate.
(c) It suddenly becomes much sharper.
(d) He becomes completely blind.

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

6. Where is Mixtli taken on his naming day?
(a) Tenochtitlan.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Xaltocan.
(d) Tzetzilini.

7. How does Slave Ten die?
(a) He is attacked by a jaguar.
(b) Of a rabbit bite.
(c) No one knows -- he just dies in his sleep.
(d) From the injuries inflicted upon him by Mixtli.

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

9. What do Chimali and Tiatli specifically want to be when they grow up?
(a) Limestone sculptors.
(b) Translators.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Journalists.

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

11. How does Ahuitzotl plan to celebrate Mixtli's return with the crystal?
(a) By fasting out of gratitude.
(b) By throwing him in a dungeon.
(c) By having a large party.
(d) By praying to the gods in silence.

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

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

14. Who built Teotihuacan?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The Mexica.
(c) The Tolteca.
(d) No one really knows.

15. How does Gie Bele die?
(a) She drowns.
(b) In childbirth.
(c) She falls off a cliff.
(d) She kills herself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Blood Gutton?

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

4. Who does Pactli wish to marry?

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

(see the answer keys)

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