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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Don Genaro do with the string and his hat which amazes Castaneda?
(a) Makes a kite
(b) Finds water
(c) Starts the car
(d) Makes a meal

2. Don Juan says they must wait for an omen to know what to do with the ____________ who is interfering with Castaneda.
(a) Animal
(b) Woman
(c) Wind
(d) Plant

3. What does Castaneda see that makes him realize that he is just the same as this item?
(a) Car
(b) Beetle
(c) Kite
(d) Fog

4. Don Juan says there is no set plan, but they must be in a state of constant ___________.
(a) Happiness
(b) Fear
(c) Peace
(d) Readiness

5. Don Juan uses a rock to show the idea of not-doing. "To look at it is ___________ but to see is __________."
(a) Not-doing; doing
(b) Doing; not-doing
(c) Nothing; something
(d) Something; nothing

6. Don Juan tells Castaneda to concentrate on specific _____________ in order to be successful in his dream work.
(a) Plants
(b) Colors
(c) People
(d) Objects

7. When Don Juan and Castaneda are together again, Castaneda inquires as to whether death is a ____________.
(a) Friend
(b) Plant
(c) Home
(d) Personage

8. What does Castaneda describe as - its eyes are friendly and clear - so he is not afraid of it?
(a) Bear
(b) Snake
(c) Coyote
(d) Horse

9. Castaneda learns how to do a dance that thumps like a __________ from Don Juan in the evening.
(a) Duck
(b) Horse
(c) Beaver
(d) Rabbit

10. What has Don Genaro done to the Castaneda's car, much to the disbelief of Castaneda?
(a) Repainted it
(b) Made it disappear
(c) Burned it to cinders
(d) Nothing

11. Don Juan yells at Castaneda who feels strange, as though something is about to ____________.
(a) Surface
(b) Explode
(c) Move
(d) Disappear

12. Each person is born with a _________ of power and each is linked to everyone else's.
(a) Word
(b) String
(c) Ring
(d) Glass

13. Don Juan tells Castaneda that this mood he tends to lapse into is like a _____________.
(a) Bottomless ocean
(b) Tree
(c) Trap door
(d) Bird in flight

14. What does Castaneda ask when Don Genaro tells him he was directed to go to Ixtlan?
(a) If he went
(b) If it hurt
(c) What Ixtlan is
(d) Why he didn't run

15. Don Juan tricked Castaneda into confronting her for the purpose of finding Castaneda a ______________.
(a) New teacher
(b) Wife
(c) Power animal
(d) Worthy opponent

Short Answer Questions

1. Personal power is a ____________, or a mood, according to Don Juan, even though Castaneda does not understand this.

2. What are Don Juan and Castaneda going to search for when they drive off to the mountains?

3. Don Juan admits he has seen his own death watching him and has danced to it as though he was __________.

4. Don Juan had planned to __________ Castaneda in the space for a night, but he does not have the power, according to Don Juan.

5. What is the name of the person that Castaneda stays with when Don Juan goes off to do an errand?

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