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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Carlos' complaint regarding living life like a warrior?
(a) Both of these.
(b) This would take a lifetime.
(c) That it was impossible to let go of the mind to that extent.
(d) Neither of these.

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

3. What promise did don Juan make to his father?
(a) He would kill his assassins.
(b) Both of these.
(c) None of these.
(d) He would destroy those who had hurt his family.

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

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

6. What animal type did don Juan choose?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A crow.
(d) A sparrow.

7. What sense captured Castaneda's attention?
(a) Sight.
(b) Touch.
(c) Sound.
(d) Taste.

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

9. When does an ally have substance?
(a) When one struggles with them.
(b) When they are approaching the sorcerer.
(c) When they chase the sorcerer.
(d) When they are fleeing the sorcerer.

10. What did Carlos say it was impossible to do at all times?
(a) Be controlled.
(b) Be reverent.
(c) Get a new perspective.
(d) Be respectful.

11. How old was don Juan when his mother was murdered?
(a) Maybe nine.
(b) Maybe seven.
(c) About eight.
(d) Around six.

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

13. What is incredible when one sees?
(a) None of these.
(b) Nothing is as it was before.
(c) Life changes dramatically for the person who 'sees'.
(d) Nothing is familiar.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has don Juan's ally shared with him?

2. What color was Carlos when he had come out of the water?

3. What was the purpose of the crouched position?

4. What is always heralded by great pain?

5. What is don Juan's spirit catcher?

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