View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Red Heron?
(a) The governor of Mexico City.
(b) The governor of Texcoco.
(c) The governor of Xaltocan.
(d) The president of Mexico.

2. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?
(a) He knows he will be killed there.
(b) He doesn't want to go at all.
(c) He is sad to leave his sister.
(d) He knows his new life will be just terrible.

3. Who is Cozcatl?
(a) Mixtli's faithful servant.
(b) There is no character named Cozcatl.
(c) One of the women Lady Jadestone Doll killed.
(d) One of the men Lady Jadestone Doll killed.

4. Who wrote Aztec?
(a) Wiliam Shakespeare.
(b) Manuel Rendon.
(c) J.D. Salinger.
(d) Gary Jennings.

5. Where does Mixtli find huge fossil bones?
(a) In a cave.
(b) On top of a mountain.
(c) In the jungle.
(d) In a dry, cracked lake bed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mixtli learn to kill game with during his first journey as a tradesman?

3. What happens during the "five hollow days" in Mixtli's hometown?

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

5. What modern day city would Mixtli have been from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Chimali hide his hair?

5. What is the legend that surrounds the Tolecs?

6. How does Mixtli's sister seduce him?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 599 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample