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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 happens after Castaneda continues to try to cross his eyes, as Don Juan has instructed him?
(a) Hallucinations
(b) Visions of Don Juan
(c) Headache
(d) Stomachache

2. The friend of Castaneda who put him in touch with Don Juan thinks the Indian is _________.
(a) Simple
(b) Crazy
(c) Boring
(d) Quiet

3. When a rock crashes down a hill nearby, Don Juan tells Castaneda that it is an _____________
(a) Omen
(b) Argument
(c) Agreement
(d) Inititation

4. When Don Juan tells Castaneda to look into his eyes, what does Castaneda report that he feels when he does?
(a) Bored
(b) Happy
(c) Angry
(d) Embarrassed

5. When Carlos Castaneda goes to work with Don Juan Matus, what does he want to study?
(a) Animal spirits
(b) Indian culture
(c) Psychotropic plants
(d) The desert

Short Answer Questions

1. How should one's fingers be curled as one walks, according to Don Juan as he speaks to Castaneda?

2. Don Juan says that the only thing indispensable to their work together is __________.

3. Don Juan believes the _____________ is looking for Castaneda.

4. Don Juan is insistent that the only thing needed is _________ instead of talk.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Don Juan's intimidating glance cause Castaneda to do before he approaches him again?

3. What does Don Juan point out about the water rats they observe the entire morning?

4. What is the point of the loud siren sounds that Don Juan begins to make at Castaneda?

5. What is Don Juan's response to Castaneda's attempts to try to fill in a genealogy chart for Don Juan?

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

7. What does Don Juan say the wind's identity truly is, rather than just being a part of nature's actions?

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

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

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

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