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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Don Juan says that the only thing indispensable to their work together is __________.
(a) The plants
(b) The spirit
(c) The money
(d) The will

2. What kind of student is Carlos Castaneda when he goes to meet with Don Juan?
(a) Medical
(b) Journalism
(c) Sociology
(d) Anthropology

3. Don Juan says that Castaneda is like prey that is ___________ to predict.
(a) Easy
(b) Hard
(c) Confusing
(d) Eager

4. Don Juan tells Castaneda that ____________ are not enough to learn about peyote.
(a) Intentions
(b) Book deadlines
(c) Assignments
(d) Wishes

5. Castaneda can't believe Don Juan takes ____________ as reality.
(a) Trances
(b) Vision quests
(c) Medicine journeys
(d) Dreams

Short Answer Questions

1. Castaneda is frustrated that it seems to be okay for Don Juan to ___________ but it's wrong for Castaneda to do so.

2. Don Juan tells Castaneda that his last girlfriend left him because he was too ______________.

3. Castaneda admits he is afraid of thinking about __________.

4. Some people live happily, according to Don Juan, because they understand that life can _____________.

5. What do the animals they are watching do once they lose their predators in a chase?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Castaneda's mistake in not becoming an artist as he wanted to be, according to Don Juan?

2. How does Don Juan respond to the statement by Castaneda that he is a Yaqui Indian and he cannot deny that?

3. What would have happened if Don Juan had kept all of the quails they had captured?

4. What does Don Juan point out about the water rats they observe the entire morning?

5. What is so magical about a creature that cannot be tracked by ordinary means?

6. Why does Castaneda think Don Juan is crazy, like his friend seems to believe?

7. What does Don Juan tell Castaneda to never do while he is walking?

8. What is the point of the loud siren sounds that Don Juan begins to make at Castaneda?

9. What is Don Juan's response to Castaneda's attempts to try to fill in a genealogy chart for Don Juan?

10. The idea that Castaneda seems to be a 'chosen man' perplexes Don Juan, but what does it mean Don Juan needs to do?

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