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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What animal did don Juan compare to Lucio?
(a) None of these.
(b) A jellyfish.
(c) A worm.
(d) An amoeba.

3. What did the guardian warn Carlos not to do?
(a) Attempt to devalue it.
(b) Attempt to 'see' it any further.
(c) Attempt to pass it.
(d) None of these.

4. How many years was don Juan away from his apprenticeship?
(a) Four and a half years.
(b) Five and a half years.
(c) Three and a half years.
(d) Six and a half years.

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

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

7. What does don Juan say that Carlos lacks?
(a) One-ness with the universe.
(b) A true understanding of the world around him.
(c) Peace.
(d) Tranquility.

8. What color was the light that emanated from the men?
(a) White.
(b) Gold.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

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

10. Why did the narrator lie to don Juan?
(a) None of these.
(b) He thought the man would want to talk to him if he went into detail of his interest in plants.
(c) He was a compulsive liar.
(d) He was a boastful man.

11. What does an ally look like to a crow?
(a) An egg of light.
(b) A real person.
(c) None of these.
(d) A ball of light.

12. Why can a man not be changed?
(a) There is no reason to try, a man is what he is.
(b) There is no possibility to affect the lives of another.
(c) All of these,
(d) There is no chance of Darwinism to reign supreme.

13. How did don Genaro jump?
(a) He attached his fibers to different rocks.
(b) Both of these.
(c) He loosed his tentacles.
(d) Neither of these.

14. Why must one feel everything?
(a) If everything is felt, the world becomes insane.
(b) If everything isn't felt, the world loses sense.
(c) If everything is maintained, the world makes sense.
(d) If everything is felt, then the world becomes nonsense.

15. Who was not an apprentice of Genaro's?
(a) Nestor.
(b) I don't know.
(c) Pablito.
(d) Don Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing that tempers the spirit?

2. What does don Juan point out to Carlos?

3. What brought both Carlos and don Juan back to their apprenticeships?

4. Who is Carlos to put his trust in, according to don Juan?

5. What was Carlos' duty at the mitote?

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