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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Personal power is a ____________, or a mood, according to Don Juan, even though Castaneda does not understand this.
(a) Truth
(b) Feeling
(c) Color
(d) Pressure

4. Where does Don Juan go as the men are talking to each other around the gathering place?
(a) Boulder
(b) Car
(c) Building
(d) Tree

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

6. Castaneda's attempts to stop _________ with Don Genaro were disastrous, according to Castaneda.
(a) The water
(b) The evil
(c) The world
(d) The peyote spirit

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

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

9. When Don Juan tells Castaneda to act normal, he instructs him to __________.
(a) Sleep
(b) Write
(c) Sing
(d) Dance

10. As Castaneda might become deathly ill, they must go to his place of ____________ to be cleansed and restored.
(a) Predilection
(b) Power
(c) Understanding
(d) Weakness

11. What kind of bed does Don Juan prepare for Castaneda when they are trying to prevent illness in Castaneda?
(a) Water
(b) Regular
(c) Deer skin
(d) Branches

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

13. When Don Juan and Castaneda go to a certain place of power, it is explained this rock formation is a place where warriors were once __________.
(a) Victorious
(b) Buried
(c) Anointed
(d) Born

14. What does Don Genaro admit to not being afraid of since he does have allies?
(a) Evil spirits
(b) Phantoms
(c) Mistakes
(d) La Catalina

15. Don Juan tells Castaneda that the rocks around him are not rocks, but rather they are _________ that hold him suspended.
(a) Glue
(b) Webs
(c) Spirits
(d) Strings

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who advises against Don Juan and Castaneda staying the night at the rock place of power?

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

4. Don Juan tells Castaneda to concentrate on specific _____________ in order to be successful in his dream work.

5. What makes Castaneda and the item from #170 the same - Our __________ made us equal.

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