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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the men agree the tequila was made?
(a) The lowlands of the Lake Chapala.
(b) The low lands of the Guadalajara.
(c) The high mountains of Chihuahua.
(d) The Pico de Orizaba.

2. What was the definition of stranger?
(a) Someone who lacked the ability to make intelligent interpretations of the units of meaning.
(b) All of these.
(c) Someone who couldn't interpret their experience for themselves.
(d) Someone who didn't understand the properties of psychotropic plants.

3. Why couldn't Lucio take peyote for a motorcycle?
(a) Mescalito would reject him.
(b) Mescalito would hurt him.
(c) Mescalito would kill him under such conditions.
(d) None of these.

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

5. What do real people look like when you 'see' them?
(a) Luminous eggs.
(b) Animals.
(c) Real people.
(d) Balls of light.

6. What surprised Carlos in regard to don Genaro?
(a) He was nimble.
(b) All of these.
(c) He never missed his footing.
(d) He was so agile.

7. How did don Elias appear to act?
(a) None of these.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Sleepy.

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

9. What had Carlos obsessed about?
(a) 'Seeing'.
(b) Gaining an ally.
(c) Meeting Mescalito.
(d) He was not obsessed.

10. When did don Juan's scars disappear?
(a) When he had become one with the ally.
(b) None of these.
(c) When he'd taken on his own apprentice.
(d) After twenty years had passed.

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

12. What were the people that Carlos had encountered when he had abandoned don Vincente's gift?
(a) Allies of a man of knowledge.
(b) Guardians of the gift that Carlos was supposed to harness.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Ghosts.

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

14. What is so interesting to note about Mescalito's treatment of Carlos?
(a) Mescalito wants to involve Carlos in providing lessons for men.
(b) Mescalito is compassionate towards Carlos.
(c) Mescalito has never been so gentle as he was with Carlos.
(d) Mescalito wants to create a business deal with Carlos.

15. How many times did Carlos have to call don Juan for him to come?
(a) Three.
(b) He never left.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first thing Carlos saw on the mat?

2. When does don Juan choose to exercise his controlled folly?

3. How many years was don Juan away from his apprenticeship?

4. What does don Juan point out to Carlos?

5. Why can't Carlos understand about controlled folly?

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