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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Mixtli and Zyanya go in their mission to steal a piece of precious hard metal?
(a) The Grand Pyramid.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Purempecha.

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

3. What deity comes to Mixtli in a vision?
(a) Morning Dawn.
(b) Evening Sun.
(c) Midnight Storm.
(d) Night Wind.

4. What athletic activity do the Raramuri engage in?
(a) Long-distance running.
(b) Sword fighting.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Pole vaulting.

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

6. What village does Mixtli find after he has been adrift at sea?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Guaguey-bo.
(c) Chitchi.
(d) Itzi.

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

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

9. What dead person comes to Mixtli in a vision?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His father.
(c) Zyanya.
(d) The cacao-colored man.

10. What kind of sense does Mixtli get from talking to the shipwrecked Spaniards?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Foreboding.
(d) Alien.

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

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

13. Who warns Ahuitzotl that another aqueduct might flood the city?
(a) Mixtli.
(b) Zyanya.
(c) Chimali.
(d) Nezahualpili.

14. What does the tribute collector do when he learns that the Spanish troops are in charge?
(a) He kills the few Spanish soldiers.
(b) He begins to loot the Totonaca area.
(c) He has Verzcruz destroyed.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Mixtli get in a duel?

2. What is happening to Mixtli's wife's health as the Spanish continue to invade?

3. What region do the Spaniards say they are exploring?

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

5. Whom does Mixtli send to exact revenge on his enemy in the duel?

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