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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tzitzilini?

2. Who is the Lady of Tolan?

3. Who comes up to see Lady Jadestone Doll when Pactli is expected?

4. What amazing powers does the crystal have that Mixtli brings back to Ahuitzotl?

5. How many men are sacrificed at the ceremony Mixtli observes on his naming day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Blood Glutton encourage the young Mixtli to do?

4. How does Mixtli's sister seduce him?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Chimali hide his hair?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Mixtli's journey to and interaction with the Raramuri people represent one of the central themes of the text.

Essay Topic 2

Using direct evidence from the text, discuss what Mixtli's near-sightedness symbolizes and at least 3 literary devices Jennings uses to convey this symbolism.

Essay Topic 3

Is Mixtli a good or bad man? Make sure to use specific, direct evidence from Aztec to support your argument.

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