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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the holes and gaps in the sounds show Carlos?
(a) The location of the water spirit.
(b) Where he should meet his ally.
(c) None of these.
(d) The location of his spirit catcher.

2. What does don Juan believe is the thing that is holding Carlos back from 'seeing'?
(a) An oath he swore to his grandfather.
(b) His college training and constant writing.
(c) A promise he made long ago.
(d) An oath he made in college.

3. 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 putting everything in order, and sometimes things cannot be grouped.
(d) He insists on explaining everything, and some things cannot be explained.

4. Define sorcery.
(a) "Sorcery is to apply one's will to a key joint."
(b) None of these.
(c) "Sorcery is to heal the self and others."
(d) "Sorcery is to gain confidence in one's death."

5. How many points are men capable of handling?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

6. What color was Carlos when he had come out of the water?
(a) Orange.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

7. What is the last thing Carlos must learn to do in order to be a warrior?
(a) Follow the path with the heart.
(b) Vanquish the sorceress.
(c) Learn how to constantly invoke controlled folly.
(d) Stop talking to himself and stop thinking too much.

8. What would don Juan do if someone was waiting with a gun and telescopic sight?
(a) He would use his will to divert their attention.
(b) He wouldn't come around.
(c) He would conjure his allies to defend him.
(d) He would do nothing.

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

10. " To meet an ally without being prepared is like...."?
(a) "Serving coffee to the Queen of England".
(b) "Meeting a friend on a really bad day".
(c) "Attacking a lion with your fears".
(d) "Attacking a lion with your farts".

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

12. What feeling didn't Carlos have after being in the irrigation canal?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) None of these.
(c) Alertness.
(d) Well being.

13. What was the greenish glow in the flames, according to don Juan?
(a) None of these.
(b) A bubble.
(c) A spirit.
(d) A shadow.

14. What was always a touchy subject for Carlos?
(a) The idea that many people had a childhood worse than he.
(b) The idea of a child undergoing pain.
(c) The idea of a child being beaten.
(d) The knowledge that some children were poorly treated.

15. What is the thing that gives Carlos the chills?
(a) Detachment from life.
(b) Detachment from death.
(c) Detachment from everything.
(d) Detachment from family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did don Juan see when he looked into Carlos?

2. What did Carlos say it was impossible to do at all times?

3. What sound did Carlos not hear?

4. What is different in every man?

5. What idea was quite gruesome to Carlos?

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