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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 happens to Mixtli as a result of his service to Lady Jadestone Doll?
(a) He faces no punishment because he was just following orders.
(b) He is sentenced to death but later pardoned.
(c) He is exiled.
(d) He is sentenced to death but escapes.

2. What does Lady Jadeston Doll do to her lovers?
(a) Keeps them in the castle dungeons.
(b) Kills them.
(c) Banishes them.
(d) Tortures them.

3. What happens when the hollow days end?
(a) A new year begins.
(b) There is a night of celebration.
(c) Everyone confesses their sins.
(d) All the farmers plant their crops.

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

5. Where does Mixtli return to after his first journey as a tradesman?
(a) Tenochtitlan.
(b) Mexcoco.
(c) His hometown.
(d) Madrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mixtli ask to marry him?

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

3. What happens to Mixtli's vision after his naming ceremony?

4. What kind of trial is held after Lady Jadestone Doll's crimes are discovered?

5. How many pairs of magnifying glasses does Mixtli order?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. According to legend, which god is said to return with the Toltec people?

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

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

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

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

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