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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the tribute collector punished for his deeds?
(a) He is offered as a human sacrifice.
(b) He is drowned.
(c) He is tortured to death.
(d) He is burned at the stake.

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

6. Who has been working on Mixtli's fossil bones?
(a) The cacao-colored man.
(b) Beu Ribe.
(c) Blood Glutton.
(d) Master Tuxtem.

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

8. What does Teotihuacan mean?
(a) The Place Where the Gods Are Gathered Together.
(b) The Place of Peace.
(c) The Place of Sacred Wind and Space.
(d) The Plat that Time Cannout Touch.

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

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

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

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

13. With Motecuzoma's permission, where does Cortes take up residence?
(a) The great pyramid.
(b) The royal palace.
(c) A new place made out of gold that he makes slaves build.
(d) A new palace made out of gold that he builds for himself.

14. When do the Texcalans fight against Cortes?
(a) Both day and night.
(b) Day.
(c) Night.
(d) None of these answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ticklish after she gives birth?

2. Where does Mixtli follow the lava flow to?

3. Why does Motexuzoma refuse to believe that he will soon be invaded?

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

5. What happens to Beu Ribe that causes Mixtli to start to plan revenge?

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