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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 so distinct about the Cloud People?
(a) They don't talk.
(b) They have very, very small ears.
(c) They are very beautiful.
(d) Their voices are very high pitched.

2. Why does Pactli wear Lady Jadestone Doll's ring?
(a) Because he is going to be her next lover.
(b) Because he is the best person in bed she has ever known.
(c) Because he is going to marry her someday.
(d) Because he stole it from her during their night together.

3. During his first trip as a tradesman, what does Mixtli learn about the great cities the Maya had built?
(a) That they have been turned into museums.
(b) That they are overused.
(c) That they are filled with people.
(d) That they now lie in ruins.

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

5. What language does Gie Bele speak?
(a) Latin.
(b) Nahuatl.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Aztec?

2. Why does Mixtli draw a picture of Pactli for Lady Jadestone Doll?

3. Why does Mixtli enjoy feeling an earthquake for the first time?

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

5. Who is Red Heron?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are the men sacrificed in the ceremony Mixtli observes on his naming day?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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