Chapter 16: A Treasure Room. 

"'Tis infamous," Cacama said, as he paced up and down the room; "but what is to be done? They hold him in their hands as a hostage, in the heart of his own capital, and among his own people; and are capable of hanging him from the walls, should a hostile movement be made against them. 

"You were right, Roger Hawkshaw, in warning us against these men. They are without faith and honor, thus to seize a host who has loaded them with presents, who has emptied his treasuries to appease their greed, and who has treated them with the most extraordinary condescension. It is a crime unheard of, an act of base ingratitude, without a parallel. What is to be done?" 

Roger was silent. Such a situation, so strange and unlooked for, confounded him. 

"I should say," Cuitcatl burst out passionately, "that every Mexican should take up arms, and annihilate this handful of invaders. What though Montezuma fall? Better that a monarch should perish than a nation. Besides, Montezuma has shown himself unfit to govern. It is his weakness that has brought things to this pass. Think you that the white men could ever have advanced beyond the plateau of Tlascala, had all the forces of Mexico barred the way? Think you that they could ever have entered the capital, had it been defended with resolution? One moment he flattered the strangers and loaded them with gifts; the next he was ready to send his forces against them. The Cholulans had good reason for believing that he designed the annihilation of the Whites, if he did not actually order the attack upon them.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the hostage's name?
2. Who has been kidnapped?
3. 
Q2:
1. Where is the hostage being held?
2. In what location is the kidnap victim being kept?
3. 
Q3:
1. Who is holding the person hostage?
2. Who has kidnapped someone?
3. 
Q4:
1. What do the invaders plan to do with the hostage?
2. What are the invaders intentions regarding their victim?
3. 
Q5:
1. Who shouldn't be in charge?
2. Who is not in a good state to lead?
3. 
Q6:
1. Why isn't Montezuma fit to rule?
2. Why shouldn't Montezuma be in charge?
3. 
Q7:
1. What is an example of Montezuma's weakness?
2. What's one way in which Montezuma demonstrates a lack of strength?
3. 
Q8:
1. What did the Cholulans think of Montezuma?
2. What was the Cholulans' opinion of Montezuma?
3. 
Q9:
1. Was Montezuma consistent in his treatment of outsiders?
2. Did Montezuma treat all outsiders in the same way?
3. 
Q10:
1. In what way was Montezuma inconsistent in his treatment of outsiders?
2. How didn't Montezuma treat all invaders in the same manner?
3. 
Q11:
1. What does Roger think of Montezuma's behavior?
2. What is Roger's opinion of the way that Montezuma acts?
3. 
Q12:
1. Who is ungrateful?
2. Who does not demonstrate a proper amount of thanks?
3. 
Q13:
1. What should be done in Cuitcatl's opinion?
2. What solution does Cuitcatl propose?
3. 
Q14:
1. Who asks Cuitcatl what he thinks?
2. Who wants Cuitcatl to give his opinion?
3. 
