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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) Starts the car
(c) Makes a meal
(d) Finds water

2. Don Juan says the Castaneda reminds him of himself - he did not want to be a _____________ either.
(a) Indian
(b) Warrior
(c) Stupid man
(d) Student

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

4. 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) Anointed
(b) Born
(c) Buried
(d) Victorious

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

6. A warrior acts as is if he has a ___________, trusting his personal power, according to Don Juan.
(a) Plan
(b) Secret
(c) Direction
(d) Weapon

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

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

9. What does Don Juan tell Castaneda to use in order to relieve his muscles?
(a) Water
(b) Bush
(c) Cactus
(d) Peyote

10. What kinds of motions does Don Genaro make on the floor which seem to defy nature?
(a) Dancing
(b) Flying
(c) Carving
(d) Swimming

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Juan want Castaneda to move his eyes back and forth along?

2. Don Juan tricked Castaneda into confronting her for the purpose of finding Castaneda a ______________.

3. If an ________ does not come, then it means Castaneda is not able to hunt power.

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

5. Castaneda's attempts to stop _________ with Don Genaro were disastrous, according to Castaneda.

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