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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 think was don Juan's reason for responding in such a manner to him?
(a) He wanted to start a fight.
(b) He was just being stubborn.
(c) He wanted to make his point.
(d) He simply wanted to make a fool of Carlos.

2. What is wrong with Carlos, and what is the problem?
(a) He has gotten soft.
(b) He has lost too much weight.
(c) He is too fat.
(d) He has been away too long.

3. Why couldn't Lucio take peyote for a motorcycle?
(a) Mescalito would hurt him.
(b) Mescalito would reject him.
(c) Mescalito would kill him under such conditions.
(d) None of these.

4. Why did Carlos prefer to sit indoors in the restaurant?
(a) He thought the shoeshine boys would bother him.
(b) None of these.
(c) He didn't want to have to give the boys money.
(d) He felt sorry for the children and therefore avoided them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the definition of stranger?

2. What had Carlos decided to do?

3. Who told Carlos how to feel at a mitote?

4. Why did the narrator lie to don Juan?

5. What brought both Carlos and don Juan back to their apprenticeships?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the guardian look like?

3. Why did don Genaro repeat the sitting on his head feat so frequently?

4. What is tricky regarding allies?

5. Why will Carlos never believe what actually went on with don Genaro at the waterfall?

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

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

8. What was the confusion regarding allies and the smoke?

9. What is the difference between seeing and looking?

10. Provide an explanation as to why a man of knowledge is vastly valued profession for Carlos.

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