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

2. What was the nature of don Juan's lesson?
(a) It was a serious test of Castaneda's faith in him.
(b) It was entrapment.
(c) It was a trick.
(d) It was a serious test of his conviction to being a man of knowledge.

3. When was Carlos the closest to seeing?
(a) When he felt the reverberations of the spirit catcher.
(b) When he noticed don Juan's voice as well as the tone from the string.
(c) When he saw the green fog of the water.
(d) When he had felt cold.

4. What happened when Carlos used his shield?
(a) His ally left him, never to return.
(b) His ally struck him.
(c) His ally tossed him aside.
(d) It seemed as though the ally and the sounds were angry.

5. What did don Juan tell Carlos to stop doing?
(a) Looking for the guardian.
(b) Standing.
(c) Trying to see.
(d) Looking at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. " To meet an ally without being prepared is like...."?

2. What is Carlos' problem?

3. Where would someone find a spirit that could be an ally?

4. What sound did Carlos not hear?

5. What was the name of the little button nosed boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the promise in Carlos' childhood preventing him from getting past the guardian?

2. Explain what the 'fog' is.

3. Why should Carlos be afraid of the repetition of the same thing for the rest of his life?

4. What did don Genaro's tap feel like to Carlos?

5. What was unique about Carlos' experience this time?

6. What strange occurrence happened when Carlos just simply listened?

7. What happens to a man when he becomes a man of knowledge?

8. What did Carlos assume don Juan had done to him regarding the wall? How did Carlos refute this?

9. How is will different from seeing?

10. What is death to don Juan?

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