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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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) A writer
(c) Stupid
(d) A plant scholar

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

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

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

11. Don Juan reminds Castaneda of the time he mentally jammed his ___________ so that he could not use it.
(a) Radio
(b) Phone
(c) Car
(d) Pen

12. 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) Mysteries
(c) Answers
(d) Colors

13. Don Juan tells Castaneda: "The secret is not in what you do ________________, but rather in what you don't do."
(a) To yourself
(b) Today
(c) To others
(d) In life

14. 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) Victorious
(c) Born
(d) Buried

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Don Juan tells Castaneda to work on his _________ as if nothing has happened.

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

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

4. Don Juan uses a rock to show the idea of not-doing. "To look at it is ___________ but to see is __________."

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

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