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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Where would someone find a spirit that could be an ally?
(a) In remote, inaccessible locations.
(b) In suburban locations.
(c) In cities.
(d) In urban, highly accessible locations.

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

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

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

8. Why does don Juan not hate anyone?
(a) He learned that neither Mexican nor indian is better than the other.
(b) He has learned that all paths in life are equal.
(c) He has become a warrior.
(d) He has learned to forgive his aggressors.

9. What sensation did Carlos have the day after he saw the man?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Absentmindedness.
(c) Dejectedness.
(d) Disillusionment.

10. What was the most important thing for Carlos to find?
(a) Holes in the fabric of space and time.
(b) Holes that were in the realm of seeing.
(c) Holes in which game dwelt.
(d) Holes in which rabbits dwelt.

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

12. How can a spirit cause the death of a person?
(a) By letting objects fall on him.
(b) By causing his death of fright.
(c) All of these.
(d) By causing him to run over a precipice.

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

14. What is the problem with the insistence to rationalize and understand everything?
(a) None of these.
(b) It chains him to that world.
(c) That this is only one area from which men are capable of handling.
(d) There are some things that can be neither.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sound did Carlos not hear?

3. What was don Juan doing with the string?

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

5. What is the last thing Carlos must learn to do in order to be a warrior?

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