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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the unexpected riches delivered to Mixtli?
(a) By canoe.
(b) By elephants.
(c) By bird.
(d) By slaves.

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

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

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

5. Where does Mixtli find huge fossil bones?
(a) In a dry, cracked lake bed.
(b) In the jungle.
(c) In a cave.
(d) On top of a mountain.

6. Who is grabbed as a hostage during Mixtli's quest for the purple dye?
(a) Tzitzi.
(b) Beu Ribe.
(c) Zyanya.
(d) Gie Bele.

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

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

9. As children, what do Chimali and Mixtli pretend they are and will be as adults?
(a) Singers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Great warriors.
(d) Peace makers.

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

11. How are swords sharpened in Mixtli's hometown?
(a) With other swords.
(b) On very hard wood trees.
(c) By leaving them in the river.
(d) With sharp obsidian rocks.

12. 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.

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

14. Why does Mixtli enjoy feeling an earthquake for the first time?
(a) Because he thinks he commanded it to happen.
(b) Because he had dreamed about it the night before.
(c) This is a trick question; he doesn't enjoy feeling it at all.
(d) Because he finds it erotic.

15. Who is thought to be behind Gie Bele's death?
(a) Zyanya.
(b) Beu Ribe.
(c) Chimali.
(d) Mixtli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mixtli learn about the Mexican people in his first history class?

2. Who are sacrificed at the end of the hollow days?

3. How many pairs of magnifying glasses does Mixtli order?

4. Where is Mixtli from?

5. What about the purple dye is so intriguing when Mixtli first hears of it?

(see the answer keys)

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