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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. Why does Mixtli draw a picture of Pactli for Lady Jadestone Doll?
(a) So she will pick him to have sex with.
(b) So she will have him killed.
(c) So she will distract him from his sister.
(d) So she will banish him.

2. What is Emperor Carlos the ruler of?
(a) None of these answers are correct.
(b) Spain.
(c) The Holy Roman Empire.
(d) The Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

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

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

5. What is Tepetzalan also known as?
(a) Head Nodder.
(b) Blood Warrior.
(c) Great Leader.
(d) Silent Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Jadeston Doll do to her lovers?

2. What does Mixtli learn about the Mexican people in his first history class?

3. Where does Tepetzalan work?

4. What is Mixtli's formal, adult name?

5. What is Lady Jadestone Doll's punishment for her affairs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Armed Scorpio?

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

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

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

6. Why do the Maya purposefully deform their faces?

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

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

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

10. Why does Chimali hide his hair?

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