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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 uses a rock to show the idea of not-doing. "To look at it is ___________ but to see is __________."
(a) Something; nothing
(b) Not-doing; doing
(c) Doing; not-doing
(d) Nothing; something

2. What does Don Genaro do with the string and his hat which amazes Castaneda?
(a) Starts the car
(b) Makes a meal
(c) Makes a kite
(d) Finds water

3. What does Don Juan demand when he and Castaneda arrive at the desired location out of town?
(a) Money
(b) Silence
(c) Singing
(d) Blood

4. Don Juan tells Castaneda that this mood he tends to lapse into is like a _____________.
(a) Bottomless ocean
(b) Bird in flight
(c) Trap door
(d) Tree

5. What does Don Juan collect for the night, though he does not let Castaneda help him?
(a) Lizards
(b) Branches
(c) Rocks
(d) Birds

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the four Indians and Castaneda gather around when they meet up in the border town?

2. What does Don Juan give to Castaneda to help him stay warm during the night, even though he has no blanket?

3. Castaneda is learning to make traps in order to catch an animal who can provide him with ______________.

4. Each person is born with a _________ of power and each is linked to everyone else's.

5. The place of power is not a ___________, so there are no bones buried there as Castaneda guesses might be.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does a warrior have to do when he is out on the hunt?

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

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

5. What needs to happen in order for Don Juan to know Castaneda is ready to hunt power?

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

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

8. How does Don Juan say that a good hunter will always know when someone else has been somewhere?

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

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

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