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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 Carlos fear when he came to Mexico?
(a) All of these.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Hepatitis A.
(d) Food poisoning.

2. What is a unit of meaning?
(a) A part of a whole idea that don Juan was attempting to communicate.
(b) All the single elements relating to the knowledge that don Juan was trying to teach him.
(c) All of these.
(d) A single aspect of genuine understanding.

3. What did Mescalito teach?
(a) The right way to live.
(b) The right way to act.
(c) The right way to behave.
(d) The right way to look at things.

4. What color was the guardian originally?
(a) Brilliantly white.
(b) Bright yellow with black hair.
(c) Bright red.
(d) Brilliantly black.

5. How did Carlos look different?
(a) He looked full of pride.
(b) He was getting fat and soft.
(c) He looked like he had achieved something of great importance.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the thing that really prevented Carlos from the mixture?

2. What did the guardian warn Carlos not to do?

3. Why did Carlos condense his field notes?

4. What color was the light that emanated from the men?

5. What did don Juan do at the time of his son's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does don Juan say about Carlos' progress?

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

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

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

5. What is the difference between the first and second time Carlos smoked?

6. What is tricky regarding allies?

7. Why didn't Carlos 'see' the people that were around when he had left the plants?

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

9. How must someone approach Mescalito?

10. Why did the guardian stop Carlos?

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