2. What is Carlos' problem?
(a) He's willing to abandon himself.
(b) All of these.
(c) He doesn't listen well enough.
(d) He's too willing to commit to something he doesn't understand.

3. How are don Juan and Carlos different when referring to their childhoods?
(a) Don Juan wasn't involved with being mean.
(b) All of these.
(c) Carlos was a nicer boy than don Juan.
(d) Don Juan wasn't violent; Carlos was.

4. What is considered a person's shield?
(a) The things they busy themselves with.
(b) The things they do.
(c) All of these.
(d) The lifestyle that surrounds them.

5. Why does the benefactor have to stay with the apprentice when he sees the green fog?
(a) The fog can be dangerous.
(b) The fog might consume the apprentice.
(c) The fog is similar to a guardian.
(d) All of these.

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

7. What did Genaro do?
(a) Made the earth tremble.
(b) None of these.
(c) Made the water ripple.
(d) Made the sky darken.

8. What idea was quite gruesome to Carlos?
(a) The sorcerer challenged death.
(b) The sorcerer embraced and accepted death.
(c) The sorcerer actually played with his death.
(d) All of these.

9. What was the name of the sorceress that had attacked don Juan?
(a) La Corralina.
(b) La Catalina.
(c) La Caliente.
(d) La Calina.

10. What did don Juan say that Carlos was indulging himself in?
(a) Himself,
(b) His sorrow.
(c) His confusion.
(d) His anger.

11. What does the smoke give the men of knowledge?
(a) The grasping speed to heed their allies.
(b) Honor.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Patience.

12. What does don Juan explain that Carlos must do in order to achieve his next step?
(a) Overcome the guardian.
(b) Harness the little smoke as an ally.
(c) Live like a warrior.
(d) Live like an indian.

13. What was in the field?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A Mexican peasant farmer.

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

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