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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 says that the storing of _________ is a personal thing that he cannot define or explain.
(a) Will
(b) Courage
(c) Power
(d) Energy

2. Don Juan warns Castaneda not to turn around after embracing the Indians because they are ________________.
(a) Lost nothings
(b) Now shadows
(c) Evil plants
(d) Then shadows

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

4. What does Don Juan tell Castaneda to use in order to relieve his muscles?
(a) Peyote
(b) Bush
(c) Water
(d) Cactus

5. Castaneda learns how to do a dance that thumps like a __________ from Don Juan in the evening.
(a) Duck
(b) Beaver
(c) Rabbit
(d) Horse

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Don Juan and Castaneda going to search for when they drive off to the mountains?

2. What does Don Juan demand when he and Castaneda arrive at the desired location out of town?

3. What does Don Genaro do with the string and his hat which amazes Castaneda?

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

5. As Castaneda looks at the horizon, he begins to see the _______ of the world that Don Juan and Don Genaro talk about.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the town partygoers annoyed with Castaneda, even though he buys drinks for everyone?

2. What is the yellow formation that Castaneda sees, making him feel slightly ill in the process?

3. What costume does Castaneda see Don Juan as wearing when he and the other men are sitting around the fire?

4. Why did Don Juan trick Castaneda into confronting La Catalina the month before?

5. Why is Castaneda left on the mountain as the other two men walk away into the distance?

6. What does Don Juan give to Castaneda to wear around his neck?

7. What does Don Genero use to make a kite, confusing Castaneda's perception of how a kite should work?

8. What does Don Juan say when Castaneda asks him how old he is, as he sees him moving with agility?

9. Why does Castaneda say that he fears Don Genero when he meets up with him again?

10. What does Don Juan give to Castaneda, saying they will keep him warm during the night?

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