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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the outfit Castaneda sees Don Juan wear when he reemerges from his hiding place?
(a) Show girl
(b) Swim coach
(c) Teacher
(d) Pirate

3. Don Juan tells Castaneda to work on his _________ as if nothing has happened.
(a) Traps
(b) Notes
(c) Spot
(d) Meal

4. Castaneda admits that the __________ is only real when he is with Don Juan.
(a) Power
(b) Plant
(c) Lesson
(d) World

5. What makes Castaneda and the item from #170 the same - Our __________ made us equal.
(a) Peace
(b) Purpose
(c) Being
(d) Death

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

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

8. But when Castaneda gets an explanation of the rings of power, he only wanted to get an explanation for ____________.
(a) The pirate costume
(b) The show girl costume
(c) The other Indians
(d) The place of power

9. The place of power is not a ___________, so there are no bones buried there as Castaneda guesses might be.
(a) Home
(b) Cemetery
(c) Ritual space
(d) Temple

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Nothing; something
(c) Doing; not-doing
(d) Not-doing; doing

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Castaneda ask when Don Genaro tells him he was directed to go to Ixtlan?

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

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

5. What does Don Juan tell Castaneda to use in order to relieve his muscles?

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