Mayan Hero Twins Quiz

What were the names of the first generation of hero twins in the Mayan story?

• Hunahpu and Xbalanque

• Hunahpu and Xbalanque

• Hunahpu and Xbalanque

• One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu

Where did the Lords of Death live in the Mayan story?

• Heaven

• Underworld

• River of spikes

• Earth

What was the strange hobby of the Lords of Death in the Mayan story?

• Tricking people into dying

• Playing ball

• Cheering loudly

• Inviting people to the Underworld

What did the Lords of Death send to the hero twins in the Mayan story?

• A wooden dummy

• A fiery bench

• An invitation to play a ballgame in the Underworld

• A message praising their talent

What did the hero twins do when they arrived at the house of the Lords of Death in the Underworld?

• Refused to greet the wooden dummy

• Sat on the fiery bench

• Greeted the wooden dummy

• Agreed to play the game with sharp blades

What did the hero twins do when the gods tried to trick them with a ball with sharp blades in the Underworld?

• Agreed to play the game

• Let the gods win every time

• Refused to play the game

• Threatened not to play if the gods wouldn't play fair

What happened to the hero twins when the gods asked them to jump into an oven in the Underworld?

• They refused to jump

• They were killed and their ashes were thrown into the river

• They jumped and died

• They killed the gods

What did the hero twins become after their ashes were thrown into the magical river in the Underworld?

• Cats

• Dogs

• Catfish

• Birds

What powers did the hero twins have after they were restored to life in the Mayan story?

• They could turn invisible

• They could control the weather

• They could kill things and make them come back from the dead

• They could fly

What did the gods of the heavens do to honor the courage and cleverness of the hero twins in the Mayan story?

• Punished them

• Ignored them

• Brought them up to the sky and made them rulers of the earth

• Sent them back to earth