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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lucio's friends think that Carlos was?
(a) A crazy man, as he had consumed peyote.
(b) A tequila salesman.
(c) An American spy.
(d) All of these.

2. What is sorcery comparable to among the Indians?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Altered states of reality.
(c) Caucasian science.
(d) Perception.

3. Why was Carlos' friend lonely?
(a) He died without 'seeing'.
(b) None of these.
(c) He never raised a family.
(d) He believed in his beliefs and rationalism, instead of in the world around him.

4. What, in Spanish, is an appellation of respect?
(a) Sir.
(b) Juan.
(c) Don.
(d) Senior.

5. Who was not an apprentice of Genaro's?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) Pablito.
(d) I don't know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Carlos decided to do?

2. What did don Juan beat Carlos to?

3. Why did Carlos prefer to sit indoors in the restaurant?

4. What did don Juan and Carlos eat?

5. Why can Carlos' view of the world not be final?

Short Essay Questions

1. What differences does don Juan offer between his protectors and the ones created by the Catholic faith?

2. What was the only important thing, according to don Juan, about Carlos' experience?

3. Why does each chapter end on a dramatic note?

4. How can everything in life be controlled folly?

5. What is the difference between a stranger and a practitioner?

6. What could the guardian do if it got angry?

7. What does don Juan point out in regards to Carlos' view of the shoeshine boys?

8. What did Benigno and Lucio say in regards to don Juan?

9. What was don Juan's task as a practitioner?

10. How can a person who only 'sees' never really be happy or attached to anything?

(see the answer keys)

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