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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 was don Juan reputed to know about?
(a) Peyote.
(b) LSA.
(c) All of these.
(d) Marijuana.

2. When was Carlos closest to 'seeing'?
(a) When he had tested his strength at the waterfall.
(b) All of these.
(c) When Carlos saw him at the waterfall.
(d) When don Genaro sat on his head.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was coming into contact with an ally dangerous?

2. What disturbed Carlos?

3. What did Mescalito teach Eligio?

4. Who is Carlos to put his trust in, according to don Juan?

5. What did don Juan and Carlos eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Carlos leave his apprenticeship with don Juan?

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

3. What is the difference between seeing and looking?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was don Juan's explanation for the lights behind them?

10. What is tricky regarding allies?

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