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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Don Juan tells Castaneda that one can stop ______________ at the drop of a hat.
(a) Anything
(b) Listening
(c) The rocks
(d) The heart

2. What do the animals they are watching do once they lose their predators in a chase?
(a) Burrow in the ground
(b) Hide in a hole
(c) Sit on a tall tree
(d) Groom themselves

3. What does Don Juan say he called his father when he was in his life?
(a) Don Juan
(b) Dad
(c) Man of knowledge
(d) Don Juarez

4. When Castaneda says he will pay Don Juan for his services, Don Juan answers, "Pay me for my time with your _______."
(a) Life
(b) Time
(c) Soul
(d) Book

5. What does Don Juan begin to teach Castaneda to make as they are out with the animals in the morning?
(a) Traps
(b) Offerings
(c) Clothing
(d) Bait

6. Castaneda wants to know what Don Juan has ___________ to him since no one else knew about that bird.
(a) Shown
(b) Brought
(c) Proven
(d) Done

7. Castaneda tells Don Juan that he is a _____________ and that cannot be changed.
(a) Male
(b) Yaqui Indian
(c) Medicine man
(d) Person

8. What does Don Juan give to Castaneda when he begins to drink his water, saying it will quench his thirst?
(a) Leaves
(b) Powder
(c) Gum
(d) Peyote

9. Don Juan points out that Castaneda walks in a ___________ way and that it will harm his learning.
(a) Debilitating
(b) Forceful
(c) Slouched
(d) Casual

10. Don Juan tells Castaneda his eyes will make him ____________ a good resting place.
(a) Touch
(b) Smell
(c) See
(d) Feel

11. What does Don Juan do when he tells Castaneda that he is always angry and righteous?
(a) Fading
(b) Dancing
(c) Laughing
(d) Sobbing

12. The crow that cawed earlier in the story was not cawing for Don Juan, it was cawing for ______________.
(a) La Catalina
(b) Castaneda's friend
(c) Castaneda
(d) Don Geralo

13. Don Juan lets Castaneda know that he has no ____________, which confuses Castaneda.
(a) Desire
(b) Personal history
(c) Family
(d) Memory

14. Don Juan says that he will teach Castaneda to be a ___________, though that might not make him one.
(a) Teacher of others
(b) Warrior
(c) Medicine man
(d) Sorcerer

15. Castaneda believes his father was __________ because he never carried through any plan.
(a) Terrible
(b) Weak
(c) Unloving
(d) Abusive

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Castaneda continue to bring up, even though Don Juan never seems to answer him?

2. How many of the animals do Don Juan and Castaneda keep for themselves for eating?

3. How many months of extra research does Castaneda do in preparation for his work with Don Juan?

4. Don Juan grabs eight __________ and tells Castaneda to do the same while apologizing for hurting the plants.

5. Castaneda's mistake in not seeing his dream come to life is that Castaneda always thinks he has plenty of __________.

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