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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. What kind of student is Carlos Castaneda when he goes to meet with Don Juan?
(a) Anthropology
(b) Sociology
(c) Medical
(d) Journalism

2. Don Juan is acting in a crazy manner because he tells Castaneda that he always worries about __________, even if he is not hungry.
(a) Routines
(b) Lunch
(c) Plants
(d) Breaks

3. Where is Castaneda told to look for a special spot where he can find benefit?
(a) Desert
(b) Living room
(c) Porch
(d) Bathroom

4. What does Castaneda eat, though it nauseates him and Don Juan laughs hysterically as he does eat this creature?
(a) Cactus
(b) Rat
(c) Bird
(d) Snake

5. Don Juan says that the only thing indispensable to their work together is __________.
(a) The plants
(b) The will
(c) The spirit
(d) The money

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Don Juan, the key to becoming a hunter is to want to ____________.

2. What kind of farm did Castaneda's grandfather own when he was a boy?

3. Castaneda's problem, according to Don Juan, is that he compulsively _________ everything to everyone.

4. Don Juan tells Castaneda that ____________ are not enough to learn about peyote.

5. Some people live happily, according to Don Juan, because they understand that life can _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Juan tell Castaneda to never do while he is walking?

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

3. Don Juan shares something about the crow cawing, something that surprised it about its cawing - what surprised him?

4. Don Juan says that some people live happily because of one thing - what is this one state of mind?

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

6. What must Castaneda do in order to become accessible to power, according to Don Juan?

7. What must Castaneda learn in order to know where to place the traps he is going to make?

8. What is Don Juan's response when Castaneda tells him he will pay Don Juan appropriately for the lessons he will learn?

9. Why doesn't Castaneda feel well at the beginning of this chapter?

10. When the wind makes itself known to the men, what is the only way it seems to be able to die down?

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