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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Carlos look different?
(a) None of these.
(b) He looked like he had achieved something of great importance.
(c) He was getting fat and soft.
(d) He looked full of pride.

2. What did Mescalito teach?
(a) The right way to act.
(b) The right way to behave.
(c) The right way to live.
(d) The right way to look at things.

3. What did Carlos always find difficult after he had finished with the little smoke?
(a) Driving.
(b) Walking.
(c) Talking.
(d) Chores.

4. What did Carlos see?
(a) A vision of him as a little boy.
(b) An intense vision of his mother.
(c) All of these.
(d) A vision of his family when he was young.

5. How many peyote buttons did Eligio chew?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

6. What was responsible for Carlos' vision?
(a) Lack of sleep.
(b) Mescalito.
(c) Peyote in the water.
(d) Dehydration.

7. What did don Juan do at the time of his son's death?
(a) He tried to heal his son.
(b) Shifted his perspective so he "saw" the death, instead of looked at it.
(c) He convinced his allies to help his son.
(d) He allowed Mescalito to teach him a lesson.

8. How did don Juan treat Carlos' experience at the mitote?
(a) As a good sign.
(b) As an omen he should take peyote again.
(c) All of these.
(d) As a good omen.

9. What did Carlos fear when he came to Mexico?
(a) Diarrhea.
(b) All of these.
(c) Hepatitis A.
(d) Food poisoning.

10. What are the Yoris?
(a) The capitalists.
(b) The tourists.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Mexicans.

11. What did Carlos think was don Juan's reason for responding in such a manner to him?
(a) He simply wanted to make a fool of Carlos.
(b) He was just being stubborn.
(c) He wanted to make his point.
(d) He wanted to start a fight.

12. What did Mescalito teach Eligio?
(a) A chant.
(b) A song.
(c) All of these.
(d) A dance.

13. Why did Carlos prefer to sit indoors in the restaurant?
(a) He felt sorry for the children and therefore avoided them.
(b) He thought the shoeshine boys would bother him.
(c) He didn't want to have to give the boys money.
(d) None of these.

14. Why can Carlos' view of the world not be final?
(a) There are many interpretations of the world from different perspectives.
(b) There is only one perspective, and it is impossible to accurately assess.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

15. How does the smoke aid the apprentice in dealing with the guardian?
(a) It speeds you up/slows it down.
(b) It calms the apprentice.
(c) None of these.
(d) It helps in aiding to 'see' it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbed Carlos?

2. What can Carlos accomplish with his will that will greatly help him to overcome the guardian?

3. Why doesn't Carlos actually see?

4. What surprised Carlos in regard to don Genaro?

5. What was don Juan's intention?

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