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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Lady of Tolan?
(a) Nezahualpili's first daughter.
(b) Nezahualpili's second daughter.
(c) Nezahualpili's mother.
(d) Nezahualpili's first wife.

2. What does Mixtli want to do with the huge fossil bones?
(a) Builds a totem pole that will worship Mixtli himself.
(b) Uses them to make carrying their stuff easier.
(c) Uses them as weapons because ivory is so strong.
(d) Takes them to a sculptor.

3. How are swords sharpened in Mixtli's hometown?
(a) With other swords.
(b) By leaving them in the river.
(c) On very hard wood trees.
(d) With sharp obsidian rocks.

4. After the battle, what is Mixtli asked to do by Reverend Speaker?
(a) Produce maps.
(b) Neither of these answers is correct.
(c) Make an in-depth report.
(d) Both of these answers are correct.

5. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?
(a) He knows he will be killed there.
(b) He knows his new life will be just terrible.
(c) He doesn't want to go at all.
(d) He is sad to leave his sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an acali?

2. Who is thought to be behind Gie Bele's death?

3. What is unique about Chimali's hair?

4. What does Mixtli notice about Zyanya and Beu Ribe's blouses?

5. What is the ruler's zoo made up of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tells Mixtli the truth about what has happened to his sister?

2. Who is Armed Scorpio?

3. Why do the Maya purposefully deform their faces?

4. What does Blood Glutton encourage the young Mixtli to do?

5. What happens to Mixtli's boatmen while he is searching for the purple dye?

6. Why is Mixtli's home area called the five lakes region?

7. How do Zyanya and Beu Ribe decide who goes with Mixtli to find the purple dye?

8. Why does Chimali hide his hair?

9. Why does Mixtli plot to get Tlatli and Chimáli into trouble?

10. What particular product, used by a doctor to try to save Slave Ten's life, does Mixtli find so interesting?

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