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A Mayan Life

Part II: Begin with the Picture, Mekel's Hut.

1. When Mekel got home that night, his wife Lotaxh was having severe labor pains, or .

2. Mekel had mixed feelings when he saw his wife in pain.
          True         False
3. Like other Mayans, Mekel believed that a new life had a spiritual source and was a gift from     Ajaw.
         True       False

4. The midwife had scientific training because she knew what to bring for Lotaxh's delivery of her baby.
           True       False

5. Lotaxh believed in omens   signs of what will happen   and thought that the fox's howl that morning might have been a good     omen.
            True       False

6. Lotaxh's preparation for childbirth was based on survival instincts and folk wisdom.
            True       False

7. By the time Ewul arrived, Lotaxh had lost all physical strength and consciousness.
          True       False

8. The midwife didn't want Mekel around during the childbirth.
            True       False

9. A ten-year-old boy prepared the medicines for the childbirth.
            True       False

10. Mekel was superstitious. He believed he saw , or ghosts in the dark and didn't want them to "hear" his thoughts.
            True       False

11. Lotaxh was in labor for a long time.
            True       False

12. It is implied that the birth of Mekel's son had repercussions   effects throughout the entire village and its environs.
            True        False

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