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

2. What is Tepetzalan also known as?

3. Why is Mixtli sad to leave his hometown for Texcoco?

4. Who knows where her father went to get the mysterious purple dye?

5. Who wrote Aztec?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What prediction does a stranger, who is sitting on a bench, make about Mixtli's future shortly after his renaming ceremony?

5. How old is Mixtli when he sees his first human sacrifice?

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

7. What kind act does Mixtli do for Flame Flower?

8. Why does Chimali hide his hair?

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

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

Several characters in the story are married -- often more than once -- throughout the novel. Discuss the function of marriage within Aztec and what message, if any, Jennings is trying to convey about marriage itself through his characters.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Complete a character analysis of Tzitzi, making sure to analyze specifically how and what her character contributes to other characters in the book.

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