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

2. Don Juan tells Castaneda to look without __________ until he sees something before him.
(a) Breathing
(b) Staying still
(c) Moving
(d) Blinking

3. What are Don Juan and Castaneda going to search for when they drive off to the mountains?
(a) Plants
(b) Falcons
(c) Power
(d) Quail

4. What does Castaneda see that makes him realize that he is just the same as this item?
(a) Fog
(b) Beetle
(c) Car
(d) Kite

5. As Castaneda's benefactor, it is up to Don Juan to take him to ___________.
(a) His power
(b) His darkness
(c) The brink
(d) His answers

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Castaneda learns how to do a dance that thumps like a __________ from Don Juan in the evening.

4. Don Juan says the Castaneda reminds him of himself - he did not want to be a _____________ either.

5. But when Castaneda gets an explanation of the rings of power, he only wanted to get an explanation for ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Don Juan tell Castaneda about his feelings of remorse about his own life?

3. What is the lesson that Castaneda learns from the beetle that comes out a hole inches from his face?

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

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

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

7. Why aren't Don Juan and Castaneda staying the night at the rock conglomerate?

8. What does Castaneda say is like a disease to him, which he begins to realize is a problem?

9. Why does Don Juan warn Castaneda not to turn around as they leave the Indians they have met?

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

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