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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was don Juan doing with the string?
(a) Summoning the rain.
(b) Catching the spirit of the watering hole.
(c) Scaring Carlos.
(d) None of these.

2. What is Carlos' main problem?
(a) He insists on rationalizing everything,
(b) He insists on understanding everything, and somethings cannot be understood.
(c) He insists on explaining everything, and some things cannot be explained.
(d) He insists on putting everything in order, and sometimes things cannot be grouped.

3. What did Carlos use to light the pipe?
(a) Twigs.
(b) A coal.
(c) Matches.
(d) A lighter.

4. What were the branches for?
(a) A weapon.
(b) To keep Carlos warm.
(c) To make him feel better.
(d) Special protection.

5. What time of the day is a bad time for sorcerers?
(a) The evening.
(b) The morning.
(c) The night.
(d) The afternoon.

6. What has don Juan's ally shared with him?
(a) His future.
(b) The achievements of all his lifelong ambitions.
(c) His own death.
(d) The correct way to die.

7. How did Carlos feel when he couldn't get up?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) All of these.
(c) Impotent.
(d) Despair.

8. When did Carlos lose sight of don Genaro on the mountain?
(a) When don Genaro tapped him on the shoulder.
(b) When don Genaro disappeared.
(c) When he rationalized his mind out of the sight.
(d) When he realized that he couldn't see a man that far away.

9. What captivated Carlos' attention?
(a) The stars.
(b) None of these.
(c) The water.
(d) The fire.

10. What does don Juan say Carlos has that are good?
(a) Patience.
(b) Claws.
(c) Talons.
(d) Fingernails.

11. What is different in every man?
(a) The way he shimmers.
(b) The way the glow moves.
(c) Strength of light.
(d) Eyes.

12. What did don Juan tell Carlos to stop doing?
(a) Looking at him.
(b) Trying to see.
(c) Standing.
(d) Looking for the guardian.

13. What did don Juan tell Carlos to sit in?
(a) A chair.
(b) None of these.
(c) A water hole.
(d) A tree.

14. What did Carlos see when he had opened his eyes after focusing on the sound?
(a) A hole in the hillside.
(b) A hole in a rock.
(c) A hole in the ground.
(d) A hole in a tree.

15. Why must a warrior become amicable with his own death?
(a) A warrior constantly faces death while in battle.
(b) A warrior must face death to go into battle.
(c) A warrior faces death every day, sits beside it on his mat.
(d) A warrior is always at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carlos looking for with his hands?

2. What is Carlos' problem?

3. What was the hardest thing for Castaneda to stop doing?

4. What was don Juan going to attempt to teach Carlos this time?

5. What helped to replenish Carlos?

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