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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Carlos closest to 'seeing'?
(a) When Carlos saw him at the waterfall.
(b) All of these.
(c) When he had tested his strength at the waterfall.
(d) When don Genaro sat on his head.

2. Why can't Carlos understand about controlled folly?
(a) All of these.
(b) He is looking too deep into the idea, and not just accepting it as is.
(c) He is trying to think about it and it doesn't jive with his thought pattern.
(d) He is thinking too much in general.

3. What was bothering Carlos in the car?
(a) All of these.
(b) The sun on the back of his neck.
(c) He was hungry.
(d) The heat.

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

5. Why originally did Carlos go back to don Juan?
(a) To give him a copy of his book.
(b) To reestablish his apprenticeship.
(c) None of these.
(d) To show him a copy of his book.

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

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

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

9. 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 will the guardian to disappear.
(c) He can destroy the guardian.
(d) He can prevent the guardian from being able to hurt him.

10. Why did don Elias stop talking with Carlos?
(a) He didn't want to teach Carlos.
(b) He didn't trust Carlos' motives.
(c) He didn't like what Carlos had to say.
(d) He didn't appreciate that Carlos had left Juan.

11. What had Carlos decided to do?
(a) Return to his apprenticeship.
(b) None of these.
(c) Argue about seeing.
(d) Smoke the mixture.

12. What was Carlos' duty at the mitote?
(a) To call a doctor if something went wrong.
(b) To keep the fire going.
(c) To make sure to bring water.
(d) To induce vomiting in case of overdose.

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

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

15. How did Saceteca stop Carlos?
(a) By telling him he had nothing to teach him.
(b) With his will.
(c) By seeing.
(d) By dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many peyote buttons did Eligio chew?

2. What do real people look like when you 'see' them?

3. What did the guardian warn Carlos not to do?

4. Why was Carlos' friend lonely?

5. What disturbed Carlos?

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