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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) Because she has confessed to being a sinner.
(b) Because she has started talking in tongues.
(c) Because she can see the future.
(d) To be examined for virginity.

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

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

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

5. What is Mixtli's formal, adult name?
(a) Mixtlini.
(b) Tlilmix.
(c) Mixtlilix.
(d) Tlilectic-Mixtli.

6. What is so distinct about the Cloud People?
(a) Their voices are very high pitched.
(b) They have very, very small ears.
(c) They are very beautiful.
(d) They don't talk.

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

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

9. What happens to Mixtli as a result of his service to Lady Jadestone Doll?
(a) He is exiled.
(b) He is sentenced to death but escapes.
(c) He is sentenced to death but later pardoned.
(d) He faces no punishment because he was just following orders.

10. What does Mixtli see being built on his naming day?
(a) A new cemetary.
(b) The Great Pyramid.
(c) A jail for prisoners of war.
(d) A new courthouse.

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

12. What kind of trial is held after Lady Jadestone Doll's crimes are discovered?
(a) She is not given a trial.
(b) A private one.
(c) A public one.
(d) One where the gods are supposed to decide what happens to her.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mixtli notice about Zyanya and Beu Ribe's blouses?

2. What is unique about Chimali's hair?

3. Where does Mixtli find huge fossil bones?

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

5. What happens to Mixtli on his way to Gie Bele's house the second time?

(see the answer keys)

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