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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Castaneda continues to try to cross his eyes, as Don Juan has instructed him?

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

3. When the two men meet again, Don Juan points out that Castaneda has not ____________.

4. What is the cause of Castaneda's ill feelings at the beginning of this chapter?

5. What does Castaneda pull out that he wants to fill in with Don Juan while he is with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Don Juan instruct Castaneda to do when they are hiking and Castaneda just wants to rest?

3. What does Don Juan do when he sees that Castaneda is not standing in a good spot?

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

5. Don Juan shares something about the crow cawing, something that surprised it about its cawing - what surprised him?

6. Don Juan says it is not enough to know how to make or to set traps. What does one have to do in order to change?

7. How does one find the proper place to rest, according to the lessons of Don Juan?

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

9. What is Castaneda's response to Don Juan's question about why he was lying when they first met.

10. What does Don Juan want Castaneda to see in his eyes when he commands him to look at him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The goal of becoming a hunter is not what Castaneda planned to do when he decided to work with Don Juan for his school project.

Part 1: Why is becoming a hunter essential to Castaneda's success with Don Juan?

Part 2: What qualities make Castaneda a strong hunter? A weak hunter?

Part 3: What might the process of learning to be a hunter be a metaphor for in the two men's work together?

Essay Topic 2

The encounter with the coyote is one that is shocking and thrilling to the reader and to Castaneda in his retelling, it seems.

Part 1: Why was Castaneda sent out to go alone to the mountains until his body tells him to quit?

Part 2: Why is the coyote an important figure or image for Castaneda to see?

Part 3: Is the coyote real or is it a hallucination? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Death is something which appears in many forms in this book and Don Juan does not shy away from bringing up death in their training together.

Part 1: Why is it important to acknowledge the presence of death in this story?

Part 2: What can a person do when they acknowledge their own ability to die?

Part 3: Why do you think many people are afraid to acknowledge the possibility of death?

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