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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 tribe has an old wise man who claims to know that they are descendants of the ancient Azteca people?
(a) Tzitzi.
(b) Mapimi.
(c) Canautli.
(d) Manteca.

2. What astrological event marks the New Fire ceremony?
(a) The lunar eclipse.
(b) The eclips of the sun.
(c) The arising of the "six stars."
(d) A meteor shower.

3. What does Cuitahuatzin plan to use as cover for his rebellion?
(a) The cacao-colored man.
(b) Women.
(c) A minor festival.
(d) An offering of gold to Cortes.

4. What kind of sense does Mixtli get from talking to the shipwrecked Spaniards?
(a) Alien.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Foreboding.

5. Where does Mixtli agree to duel?
(a) In his backyard.
(b) Motecuzoma.
(c) Chaputepec.
(d) Tenochtitlan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ticklish after she gives birth?

2. Who does Mixtli ask to marry him after the death of his daughter?

3. What gives Mixtli the advantage in his duel?

4. What group is Mixtli inducted into?

5. What do Mixtli and his men dress like as they go in search of the purple dye?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of boat does Mixtli use to follow the lava flow out to sea?

2. What reason does the Bishop give in his letter to the emperor for continuing to allow the Indians to be enslaved?

3. Why is Mixtli deployed to kill Malintzin?

4. What does Mixtli tell Motecuzoma about the huge ships, or houses, that have been spotted in the Eastern Sea?

5. What makes Mixtli decide to return to his wanderings when he is running with the Raramuri?

6. Who does Mixtli suspect rapes Beu Ribe?

7. What does Malintzin's ambitious behavior demonstrate right away to Mixtli?

8. What military tactic does Mixtli advise Ahuitzotl about when he presents him with his second quartz crystal?

9. How are Mixtli's crystals and bone carvings received?

10. Why is Beu Ribe initially angry at Zyanya and Mixtli's engagement?

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