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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 Lady Jadestone Doll's punishment for her affairs?
(a) Death.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Torture.
(d) Her first-born son will be killed.

2. For what subject do Chimali and Tlatli both receive scholarships to study?
(a) Swordfighting.
(b) Religion.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Art.

3. How does Gie Bele die?
(a) She kills herself.
(b) She drowns.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) She falls off a cliff.

4. As children, what do Chimali and Mixtli pretend they are and will be as adults?
(a) Peace makers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Singers.
(d) Great warriors.

5. What is distinct about the man who stops Mixtli on his naming day and asks to read his fortune?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is cacao-colored.
(c) He is extremely tall.
(d) He has very fine clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his first trip as a tradesman, what does Mixtli learn about the great cities the Maya had built?

2. How does Ahuitzotl plan to celebrate Mixtli's return with the crystal?

3. Whom does Mixtli ask to marry him?

4. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?

5. How are the unexpected riches delivered to Mixtli?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Mixtli ask of his friends Tlatli and Chimali after his sister is summoned by the priests?

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

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

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

5. According to Blood Glutton, how can Mixtli still achieve a flowery death if he cannot be victorious in battle?

6. What prediction does a stranger, who is sitting on a bench, make about Mixtli's future shortly after his renaming ceremony?

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

8. Who is the cacao-colored man who often wanders the streets?

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

10. After the Bishop writes down Mixtli's tale of going to the court of Texcoco, what commentary does he add?

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