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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 modern day city would Mixtli have been from?

2. Who wrote Aztec?

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

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

5. Who is Lady Jadestone Doll?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are the men sacrificed in the ceremony Mixtli observes on his naming day?

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

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

7. How does Mixtli's sister seduce him?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss at least 4 literary techniques that Jennings uses to introduce Cortes as a complicated, historical character in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss female sexuality in Aztec by completing a character analysis of at least two female characters of the novel.

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