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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the purple dye found?
(a) In Spain.
(b) In the land of the Zyu.
(c) In the land Ahuitzotl rules over.
(d) In Mexico City.

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

3. 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) Travel.
(d) Go cleanse himself in the river.

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

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

6. Who does Mixtli meet in the court of Texcoco when he first arrives?
(a) His grandfather, who he thought was dead.
(b) The cacao-colored man.
(c) His childhood friend.
(d) His sister.

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

8. What overwhelms Mixtli about the boat that takes him to Texcoco ?
(a) How small it is.
(b) The riches on it.
(c) How unsafe it seems.
(d) He has to row it by himself.

9. What amazing powers does the crystal have that Mixtli brings back to Ahuitzotl?
(a) It shows the future and is nearly invisible.
(b) It glows blue when enemies are near and sometimes makes a hissing sound.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) It can start fires and act like a magnifying glass.

10. What service must Mixtli do once he arrives at the court of Texcoco?
(a) Pay for his crimes with his life.
(b) Scrub the entire castle so he knows it by heart.
(c) Assist the ruler there.
(d) Manage other slaves.

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

12. What modern day city would Mixtli have been from?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) New York.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Rome.

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

14. 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.

15. What is Tepetzalan also known as?
(a) Great Leader.
(b) Silent Walker.
(c) Head Nodder.
(d) Blood Warrior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mixtli draw a picture of Pactli for Lady Jadestone Doll?

2. What does Teotihuacan mean?

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

4. Where is Mixtli taken on his naming day?

5. What is Mixtli's father given in exchange for his silence about what happens to Tzitzi?

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