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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. Don Juan tells Castaneda the first time he saw him, he ________ that Castaneda was lying.
(a) Sensed
(b) Felt
(c) Saw
(d) Believed

2. The crow that cawed earlier in the story was not cawing for Don Juan, it was cawing for ______________.
(a) Don Geralo
(b) Castaneda's friend
(c) La Catalina
(d) Castaneda

3. How many of the animals do Don Juan and Castaneda keep for themselves for eating?
(a) 2
(b) None
(c) 3
(d) 1

4. According to Don Juan, the key to becoming a hunter is to want to ____________.
(a) Change
(b) Hunt
(c) Track someone else
(d) Kill

5. What time did the relative of Castaneda finally get up each day, causing him to never go swimming?
(a) 12:00 PM
(b) 10:00 AM
(c) 7:00 AM
(d) 1:00 PM

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Castaneda pull out that he wants to fill in with Don Juan while he is with him?

2. What animals are Don Juan and Castaneda studying in order to learn their habits?

3. What does Castaneda eat, though it nauseates him and Don Juan laughs hysterically as he does eat this creature?

4. Don Juan asks Castaneda to name something in his life that has _______________ all his thoughts.

5. Don Juan explains that _____________ is what makes a creature magical.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Juan do with the five quails that the two men capture during the day?

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

3. When Castaneda goes to visit Don Juan in December of 1960, what question does he ask Don Juan upon his arrival?

4. What is the lesson of this chapter for Castaneda, according to Don Juan?

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

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

7. What does Don Juan reveal to be the true identity of the dog that Castaneda saw during his peyote experience?

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

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

10. What is so magical about a creature that cannot be tracked by ordinary means?

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