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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is noticeable about the shipwrecked Spanish soldiers?
(a) They are quite smelly.
(b) They have strange scarring.
(c) They do not speak.
(d) They have been tortured.

2. With whom does Mixtli get in a duel?
(a) Chimali.
(b) Master Tuxtem.
(c) Ahuitzotl.
(d) Blood Glutton.

3. Who does Motecuzoma send to Cortes after he defeats the Texcalans?
(a) Zyanya.
(b) The Snake Woman.
(c) Tzitzi.
(d) The Twin Ladies.

4. How does Zyanya die?
(a) She drowns.
(b) Her sister kills her.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) Mixtli loses his temper and strangles her.

5. Whom does Mixtli leave his daughter with when he goes on another journey after the flood?
(a) Ahuitzotl.
(b) Ahuitzotl's servants.
(c) Zyanya.
(d) Cozcatl and Ticklish.

6. Whom does Mixtli send to exact revenge on his enemy in the duel?
(a) The Cloud People.
(b) Cozcatl.
(c) Beu Ribe.
(d) Zyanya.

7. What request does Ticklish make of Mixtli when he returns from the Raramuri?
(a) To marry her.
(b) To kill her.
(c) To help build a new house for her.
(d) To get her pregnant.

8. What region do the Spaniards say they are exploring?
(a) The Eastern Ocean.
(b) All of Central and South America.
(c) Just Mixtli's hometown.
(d) Anywhere they land.

9. What kind of town is "Where the Water Gushes"?
(a) Aztec.
(b) Raramuri.
(c) Otomite.
(d) Maya.

10. Why is Mixtli concerned that Ticklish may not be happy in her new marriage?
(a) Because her future husband has no penis.
(b) Because she is unable to bear children.
(c) Because she will be sent away from her friends and family.
(d) Because her future husband is cruel and mean.

11. Who gives Mixtli a house?
(a) Blood Glutton.
(b) Master Tuxtem.
(c) Ahuitzotl.
(d) Chimali.

12. How does Mixtli react to Zyanya's request to go to the ceremony of Xipe Totec?
(a) He forbids it.
(b) He goes with her.
(c) He allows her to go but in disguise.
(d) He allows her to go but only with tons of bodyguards.

13. What astrological event marks the New Fire ceremony?
(a) A meteor shower.
(b) The lunar eclipse.
(c) The eclips of the sun.
(d) The arising of the "six stars."

14. After he slaughters the villagers for killing his daughter, with whom does Mixtli march back to Tenochtitlan with?
(a) The bishop.
(b) The emperor.
(c) Chiemi.
(d) Beu Ribe.

15. Why does Motecuzoma become ruler?
(a) Because the previous king kills himself.
(b) Because he marries the princess.
(c) Because he kills the previous king.
(d) Because Ahuitzotl dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What revenge does Mixtli exact on his enemy in the duel?

2. What animal does Mixtli roast on the shore once he is no longer adrift at sea?

3. What are the Spaniards interested i nbringing back to their ruler?

4. Who has doubts about the quality of the soldiers the farmers will make in the army Mixtli must put together?

5. What does the tribute collector do when he learns that the Spanish troops are in charge?

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