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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Castaneda does not agree with his friend because Don Juan demonstrates an ability to _________ him too accurately.
(a) Reveal secrets to
(b) Lie to
(c) Read
(d) Hurt

2. Castaneda wants to know what Don Juan has ___________ to him since no one else knew about that bird.
(a) Proven
(b) Shown
(c) Done
(d) Brought

3. To be a hunter, according to Don Juan, one cannot have _________.
(a) Scents
(b) Animals
(c) Routines
(d) Weapons

4. What does Castaneda want to bring with him when he sees Don Juan?
(a) Camera and recorder
(b) Another medicine man
(c) Girlfriend
(d) Friend

5. Don Juan feels the difference between him and Castaneda is that Castaneda feels he is ____________.
(a) Intelligent
(b) Young
(c) Finished
(d) Immortal

Short Answer Questions

1. Don Juan believes that Castaneda thinks he is _______________ enough to be annoyed at everything.

2. Don Juan says that he dropped his personal history the way he dropped ______________.

3. Don Juan and Castaneda climb a mountain and Don Juan says they must behave as __________ as possible.

4. What does Don Juan say he called his father when he was in his life?

5. Castaneda contends that being __________ does not involve hiding or secrecy but inaccessibility.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Juan say is the reason why Castaneda is not quenched by walking with his fingers curled or of the leaves?

2. What does Don Juan do when he sees that Castaneda is not standing in a good spot?

3. Don Juan says it is not enough to know how to make or to set traps. What does one have to do in order to change?

4. What is Don Juan's explanation for the look he gave Castaneda when he first met him?

5. What does Don Juan do when the percolator makes a loud noise in response to something Don Juan says?

6. What does Don Juan instruct Castaneda to do when they are hiking and Castaneda just wants to rest?

7. What does Don Juan have to say about the process of learning about peyote?

8. What does Don Juan want Castaneda to see in his eyes when he commands him to look at him?

9. What does Castaneda think of the way that Don Juan lives?

10. How does Don Juan respond to the statement by Castaneda that he is a Yaqui Indian and he cannot deny that?

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