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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. Why is Tzitzi summoned by priests?

2. Where is Mixtli from?

3. What does Mixtli see being built on his naming day?

4. Who are sacrificed at the end of the hollow days?

5. Who is Gie Bele?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Mixtli react when he sees the "tapir woman" in the ruler's human zoo?

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

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

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

9. What is the legend that surrounds the Tolecs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how an act or element of nature that is used in the novel to aid in either plot OR character development. Make sure to address at least 3 literary devices that Jennings uses as well as direct quotations from the text.

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

Create a well-crafted essay that discusses 1) the function of the Bishop, 2) what the reader is supposed to think of the Bishop, and 3) at least three literary devices that Jennings uses to convey what the Bishop thinks of Mixtli's life story.

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