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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What can Carlos accomplish with his will that will greatly help him to overcome the guardian?
(a) He can vanquish the guardian.
(b) He can prevent the guardian from being able to hurt him.
(c) He can destroy the guardian.
(d) He can will the guardian to disappear.

3. Why was coming into contact with an ally dangerous?
(a) They can harm someone who doesn't protect themselves.
(b) All of these.
(c) They are capable of trickery at the behest of the brujo to whom they are connected.
(d) They can bring out the worst in people.

4. What was the thing that really prevented Carlos from the mixture?
(a) All of these.
(b) He wanted to still be able to write.
(c) He didn't want to lose his clarity.
(d) He was afraid of losing his mind.

5. Why was Carlos' friend lonely?
(a) He believed in his beliefs and rationalism, instead of in the world around him.
(b) None of these.
(c) He died without 'seeing'.
(d) He never raised a family.

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

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

8. 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) Ghosts.
(d) Spirits.

9. 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) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

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

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

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

13. What did Lucio's friends think that Carlos was?
(a) A crazy man, as he had consumed peyote.
(b) A tequila salesman.
(c) All of these.
(d) An American spy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what two points do the fibers extend that don Juan describes?

2. How does Saceteca see?

3. Why did Carlos prefer to sit indoors in the restaurant?

4. Where did don Genaro take the group to?

5. What was the one thing that Genaro did just for Carlos?

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