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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are sacrificed at the end of the hollow days?
(a) Two goats.
(b) Mixtli's favorite servants.
(c) No one.
(d) Two slave children.

3. What language does Gie Bele speak?
(a) Nahuatl.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Latin.
(d) English.

4. 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.

5. Who wrote Aztec?
(a) J.D. Salinger.
(b) Gary Jennings.
(c) Manuel Rendon.
(d) Wiliam Shakespeare.

6. Who is Red Heron?
(a) The governor of Texcoco.
(b) The governor of Xaltocan.
(c) The president of Mexico.
(d) The governor of Mexico City.

7. Who is Blood Gutton?
(a) Mixtli's uncle.
(b) Mixtli's teacher.
(c) Mixtli's boss at the quarry.
(d) Mixtli's father.

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

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

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

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

12. What is Mixtli called until he is 7 years old?
(a) Little Man.
(b) Seven Flowers.
(c) Angry Runner.
(d) Six Branches.

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

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

15. What does Gie Bele's name translate to mean?
(a) Gentle Wind.
(b) Soft Leaf.
(c) Water Spirit.
(d) Flame Flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pactli wear Lady Jadestone Doll's ring?

2. Why does Mixtli enjoy feeling an earthquake for the first time?

3. How does Slave Ten die?

4. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?

5. Who is Tzitzilini?

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