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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. What kind of trial is held after Lady Jadestone Doll's crimes are discovered?
(a) She is not given a trial.
(b) A private one.
(c) A public one.
(d) One where the gods are supposed to decide what happens to her.

2. What happens to Mixtli on his way to Gie Bele's house the second time?
(a) He loses a bet and must become her slave.
(b) He loses one foot to a crocodile.
(c) He is attacked and thought killed.
(d) He breaks his leg and gets trapped in a cave.

3. How does Slave Ten die?
(a) No one knows -- he just dies in his sleep.
(b) From the injuries inflicted upon him by Mixtli.
(c) Of a rabbit bite.
(d) He is attacked by a jaguar.

4. Where is Mixtli from?
(a) Xaltocan.
(b) Spain.
(c) Chimali.
(d) Madrid.

5. What does Mixtli see being built on his naming day?
(a) A new courthouse.
(b) A jail for prisoners of war.
(c) A new cemetary.
(d) The Great Pyramid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a holy number in Mixtli's society?

2. What does the cacao-colored man advise Mixtli to do after he visits the zoo?

3. What is Tepetzalan also known as?

4. Who knows where her father went to get the mysterious purple dye?

5. Who is Pactli?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mixtli do to the tapestry, made by his rival Chimali, when he sees it in a foreign ruler's court?

2. What happens to Cozcatl when Mixtli is at the human zoo?

3. How does Mixtli react when he sees the "tapir woman" in the ruler's human zoo?

4. What kind act does Mixtli do for Flame Flower?

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

6. How does Mixtli's sister seduce him?

7. Who is Armed Scorpio?

8. In the opening of the book, what does Mixtli's sister, Tzitzilini, get punished for?

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

10. Why do Tlatli and Chimali decline Mixtli's request regarding his sister?

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