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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote Aztec?
(a) Wiliam Shakespeare.
(b) Manuel Rendon.
(c) J.D. Salinger.
(d) Gary Jennings.
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. Who is Gie Bele?
(a) The slave who dies after being attacked by a jaguar.
(b) Mixtli's long-lost sister.
(c) A woman who lost her inn as collateral.
(d) The goddess of safe travels.
4. What happens when the hollow days end?
(a) There is a night of celebration.
(b) All the farmers plant their crops.
(c) A new year begins.
(d) Everyone confesses their sins.
5. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?
(a) He knows he will be killed there.
(b) He knows his new life will be just terrible.
(c) He is sad to leave his sister.
(d) He doesn't want to go at all.
6. What does Mixtli's formal, adult name mean?
(a) Deep-Rooted Tree.
(b) Steady Mountain.
(c) Dark Cloud.
(d) Cleansing Rain.
7. 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.
8. Who is thought to be behind Gie Bele's death?
(a) Mixtli.
(b) Chimali.
(c) Beu Ribe.
(d) Zyanya.
9. Where does Mixtli return to after his first journey as a tradesman?
(a) Mexcoco.
(b) Tenochtitlan.
(c) His hometown.
(d) Madrid.
10. What is Emperor Carlos the ruler of?
(a) The Holy Roman Empire.
(b) Spain.
(c) None of these answers are correct.
(d) The Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
11. At what pivotal moment does Cozcatl rejoin Mixtli?
(a) During his trial.
(b) During a battle.
(c) Right before he is going to kill himself.
(d) Right before he is going to be killed for his crimes.
12. What does Mixtli see being built on his naming day?
(a) The Great Pyramid.
(b) A new courthouse.
(c) A new cemetary.
(d) A jail for prisoners of war.
13. How does Chimali hide his hair as a child?
(a) In a hollowed-out pumpkin.
(b) He tucks it under his shirt, in the back.
(c) Beneath a ski cap.
(d) He rubs mud in it to hide the color.
14. How many men are sacrificed at the ceremony Mixtli observes on his naming day?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.
15. What is Lady Jadestone Doll's punishment for her affairs?
(a) Death.
(b) Torture.
(c) Banishment.
(d) Her first-born son will be killed.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Pactli?
2. Who comes up to see Lady Jadestone Doll when Pactli is expected?
3. What modern day city would Mixtli have been from?
4. What about the purple dye is so intriguing when Mixtli first hears of it?
5. Why do the young men of Mixtli's hometown find a female slave?
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