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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What horrifies the Spanish soldiers about the city of Tenochtitlan?
(a) The temples for human sacrifice.
(b) The complete lack of clothing.
(c) The sewage in the streets.
(d) The massive waste of food.

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

4. Where does Mixtli agree to duel?
(a) Motecuzoma.
(b) Tenochtitlan.
(c) In his backyard.
(d) Chaputepec.

5. Who wants to marry Mixtli's slave, Ticklish?
(a) Chimali.
(b) Ahuitzotl.
(c) Zyanya.
(d) Cozcatl.

6. What is happening to Mixtli's wife's health as the Spanish continue to invade?
(a) This is a trick question; her health is never mentioned.
(b) It is somehow becoming better.
(c) It is declining.
(d) It stays the same.

7. How long does it take to build the aqueduct?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) A lifetime.

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

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

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

11. Who is Siriame?
(a) Mixtli's second wife.
(b) The leader of the Raramuri.
(c) A woman who was also lost at sea.
(d) Mixtli's second daughter.

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

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

14. Who is made the regent while Ahuitzotl is in his stupor?
(a) His wife.
(b) His nephew.
(c) No one.
(d) His son.

15. Why does Ahuitzotl decide to build another aqueduct?
(a) Because he loves aqueducts.
(b) Because there is a water shortage.
(c) Because he is fascinated with water.
(d) Because he loves architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns Ahuitzotl that another aqueduct might flood the city?

2. What does Teotihuacan mean?

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

4. What does Mixtli try to do to the woman he finds sitting but dead near an Otomi town?

5. What group is Mixtli inducted into?

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