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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 admits he has seen his own death watching him and has danced to it as though he was __________.
(a) Peyote
(b) Crazy
(c) Dying
(d) Death

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

3. As Castaneda might become deathly ill, they must go to his place of ____________ to be cleansed and restored.
(a) Weakness
(b) Power
(c) Predilection
(d) Understanding

4. Don Juan tells Castaneda: "The secret is not in what you do ________________, but rather in what you don't do."
(a) In life
(b) To yourself
(c) To others
(d) Today

5. What is the name of the person that Castaneda stays with when Don Juan goes off to do an errand?
(a) Don Guero
(b) Don Catalina
(c) Don Genaro
(d) Blas

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who advises against Don Juan and Castaneda staying the night at the rock place of power?

4. What is the yellow mass that Castaneda is told to stare at when he and Don Juan go to the desert?

5. Needing explanations is like a ___________ to Castaneda, according to Don Juan's observations.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the purpose of the trip the men are taking to the mountain range?

5. What does Don Juan say about his own death and his interaction with it?

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

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

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

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

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

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