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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If an ________ does not come, then it means Castaneda is not able to hunt power.
(a) Entity
(b) Eagle
(c) Omen
(d) Indian

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

4. Don Juan tells Castaneda to look without __________ until he sees something before him.
(a) Blinking
(b) Staying still
(c) Moving
(d) Breathing

5. As Castaneda's benefactor, it is up to Don Juan to take him to ___________.
(a) The brink
(b) His answers
(c) His power
(d) His darkness

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

7. What are Don Juan and Castaneda going to search for when they drive off to the mountains?
(a) Quail
(b) Plants
(c) Falcons
(d) Power

8. What is the name of the person that Castaneda stays with when Don Juan goes off to do an errand?
(a) Blas
(b) Don Guero
(c) Don Catalina
(d) Don Genaro

9. As Castaneda looks at the horizon, he begins to see the _______ of the world that Don Juan and Don Genaro talk about.
(a) Mysteries
(b) Lines
(c) Answers
(d) Colors

10. Castaneda is learning to make traps in order to catch an animal who can provide him with ______________.
(a) Power food
(b) Answers
(c) Hallucinogenic experiences
(d) Skin

11. If Castaneda is not able to hunt for power, Don Juan says that he will be free to be _____________, but Don Juan will continue to be his friend.
(a) A student
(b) Stupid
(c) A plant scholar
(d) A writer

12. Needing explanations is like a ___________ to Castaneda, according to Don Juan's observations.
(a) Disease
(b) Obsession
(c) Quest
(d) Meal

13. Don Genaro tells Castaneda of his encounter tackling his __________, a long time ago, it seems.
(a) Fears
(b) Ally
(c) Plant
(d) Peyote

14. What does Don Juan collect for the night, though he does not let Castaneda help him?
(a) Branches
(b) Rocks
(c) Birds
(d) Lizards

15. The jolt of tackling one's ally is so strong that Castaneda needs to be sure to keep his __________ closed.
(a) Eyes
(b) Mouth
(c) Hands
(d) Feet

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of motions does Don Genaro make on the floor which seem to defy nature?

2. Don Juan tells Castaneda that the rocks around him are not rocks, but rather they are _________ that hold him suspended.

3. What does Castaneda see that makes him realize that he is just the same as this item?

4. Castaneda admits that the __________ is only real when he is with Don Juan.

5. The place of power is not a ___________, so there are no bones buried there as Castaneda guesses might be.

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