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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Castaneda reminds Don Juan he is willing to __________, which means he can ask anything he wants.
(a) Pay
(b) Leave
(c) Die
(d) Give him a cut of the book profits

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

3. Don Juan tells Castaneda that if they had kept more of the animals, the shrubs and the other animals would have united to __________.
(a) Warn them
(b) Stop them
(c) Hide them
(d) Kill them

4. When Castaneda asks Don Juan if he is being serious, Don Juan responds that he is being ______________.
(a) Silly
(b) Helpful
(c) Deadly serious
(d) Guarded

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

6. What is the cause of Castaneda's ill feelings at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Peyote
(b) Salvia
(c) Mushrooms
(d) Jimsom Weed

7. What was different about the bird Castaneda and his grandfather hunted on his grandfather's farm?
(a) It was albino
(b) It had three wings
(c) It was green
(d) It was lame

8. Castaneda checks with Don Juan to make sure he is not interrupting his ____________.
(a) Routine
(b) Birthday
(c) Home
(d) Meal

9. Don Juan feels the difference between him and Castaneda is that Castaneda feels he is ____________.
(a) Finished
(b) Young
(c) Immortal
(d) Intelligent

10. The fact that __________ is stalking Castaneda leaves no room for doubt or for remorse.
(a) Pride
(b) Peyote
(c) Death
(d) La Catalina

11. Castaneda admits he is afraid of thinking about __________.
(a) Life
(b) Peace
(c) His family
(d) Death

12. When Don Juan takes Castaneda on a hike, he tells him that plants can _______.
(a) Feel
(b) Attack
(c) Kill
(d) Escape

13. Castaneda's problem, according to Don Juan, is that he compulsively _________ everything to everyone.
(a) Explains
(b) Argues
(c) Repeats
(d) Questions

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Don Juan says that he dropped his personal history the way he dropped ______________.

3. What does Castaneda lose track of as he begins to follow the lessons of Don Juan during the morning?

4. Castaneda can't believe Don Juan takes ____________ as reality.

5. What kind of song does Don Juan begin to hum as he talks about the idea that one of them must change?

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