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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Beu Ribe that causes Mixtli to start to plan revenge?
(a) She is kidnapped and taken far, far away.
(b) She is killed.
(c) She is raped.
(d) Someone burns her house down.

2. What body fluid does on Otomi townspeople drink because they think it is magical?
(a) Tears.
(b) Mucus.
(c) Blood.
(d) Urine.

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

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

5. Who is Cocoton?
(a) Mixtli's baby daughter.
(b) Mixtli's sexual servant.
(c) Zyanya's sexual servant.
(d) Ahuitzotl's wife.

6. Who is Malintzin?
(a) A slave girl with unusual ambition.
(b) Mixtli's secret lover.
(c) Mixtli's second daughter.
(d) The new ruler of the Mexica Empire.

7. How does Nochipa die?
(a) She drowns, just like her mother.
(b) She is raped and murdered in a fertility ritual.
(c) She is killed by Mixtli, just like her mother.
(d) She falls from a tree and snaps her neck.

8. What animal does Mixtli roast on the shore once he is no longer adrift at sea?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Fish.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Crab.

9. Who runs the school that teaches slaves good manners?
(a) Zyanya.
(b) Chimali.
(c) Cozcatl.
(d) Mixtli.

10. What disease do several women who have slept with the Spaniards catch?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Small pox.
(d) HIV/AIDS.

11. What are the Spaniards interested i nbringing back to their ruler?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Gold.
(c) Magic.
(d) Jewels.

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

13. When Mixtli finds shore after being adrift, under what kind of tree does Mixtli collapse?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) A palm tree.
(c) A sacred tree.
(d) An oak tree.

14. What does Cuitahuatzin plan to use as cover for his rebellion?
(a) The cacao-colored man.
(b) A minor festival.
(c) An offering of gold to Cortes.
(d) Women.

15. What "weapon" of Cortes's terrifies the native warriors?
(a) Guns.
(b) Horses and staghounds.
(c) Magic.
(d) Cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Mixtli give Cocoton when he tells her that her mother is gone forever?

2. What does Mixtli do to the cranky young man in a loincloth he finds fishing for frogs?

3. According to his vision, what is to be Mixtli's role in the future?

4. What does Nezahualpili warn about starting wars with other groups during a conference that Mixtil attends?

5. After he slaughters the villagers for killing his daughter, with whom does Mixtli march back to Tenochtitlan with?

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