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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 is Mixtli's formal, adult name?
(a) Mixtlilix.
(b) Tlilmix.
(c) Mixtlini.
(d) Tlilectic-Mixtli.

2. How many pairs of magnifying glasses does Mixtli order?
(a) 10.
(b) 1.
(c) 15.
(d) 120.

3. Where does Tepetzalan work?
(a) In a rock quarry.
(b) He is the king, so he doesn't really work anywhere specific.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) On the subway.

4. What is Mixtli's father given in exchange for his silence about what happens to Tzitzi?
(a) A new house.
(b) He is made head of the quarry.
(c) His freedom.
(d) A lot of gold.

5. How does Chimali hide his hair as a child?
(a) He tucks it under his shirt, in the back.
(b) Beneath a ski cap.
(c) In a hollowed-out pumpkin.
(d) He rubs mud in it to hide the color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the young men of Mixtli's hometown find a female slave?

2. Who is Tzitzilini?

3. Where is Mixtli from?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of costumes do children wear to celebrate the end of the hollow days?

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

3. Who is Armed Scorpio?

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

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

6. Why does Chimali hide his hair?

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

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

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

10. Why doesn't Mixtli have sex with the female slave that all of the young men from his hometown hire?

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