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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. What do Chimali and Tiatli specifically want to be when they grow up?

2. How are the unexpected riches delivered to Mixtli?

3. What is Mixtli's father given in exchange for his silence about what happens to Tzitzi?

4. Who is Lady Jadestone Doll?

5. What will happen if Pactli marries Tzitzilini?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Cozcatl when Mixtli is at the human zoo?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mixtli's sister seduce him?

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

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

9. Why does Chimali hide his hair?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Tlatli and Chimali, making sure to analyze them as individual characters as well as their relationship with each other.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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