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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dona Soledad tells the apprentices that they lack the ____________ to cross over parallel lines and communicate.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Energy.
(c) Training.
(d) Truth.

2. Carlos once, when dreaming, leaves the house through ____________ and has no sensation of moving at all.
(a) Closed doors.
(b) Blocked walls.
(c) Open windows.
(d) Solid walls.

3. Who is NOT one of the three sisters with whom Carlos is reunited in the story as told in the book?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Anne.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Josefina.

4. The goal of becoming and learning to be a sorcerer is to reach this luminous _____________.
(a) Paper.
(b) Level.
(c) Cocoon.
(d) Pod.

5. Carlos recalls that the Nagual woman provides the _______ from which he reads to Don Juan.
(a) Pamphlets.
(b) Papers.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Books.

6. Which person, out of duty, decides to act as if nothing is wrong with the situation?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Pablito.
(d) La Gorda.

7. The author, Carlos Castaneda, is a/an ____________from the University of California, Los Angeles.
(a) Anthropologist.
(b) English professor.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Physicist.

8. Which of the apprentices is the one who has lived in the area where the stone ruins rest?
(a) Jose.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Josefina.
(d) La Gorda.

9. Don Juan orders Carlos to learn by interacting with __________ to face life's trying situations.
(a) Don Silvio.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Rosa.
(d) La Gorda.

10. Where does Carlos meet people that he knows when he continues to have his dreams?
(a) School.
(b) Coffee shop.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Bar.

11. Name one of the apprentices who is supposed to be a part of the belly of the rattlesnake.
(a) Carlos.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Rosa.

12. The common task of La Gorda and Carlos is the ______________, which is where they can be on the same level.
(a) Remembering.
(b) Experiencing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Dreaming.

13. Carlos realizes that he has learned to turn off his _________ and he believes that La Gorda is the catalyst.
(a) Whining.
(b) Inner dialogue.
(c) Logic.
(d) Thinking side.

14. Where do La Gorda and Lydia go at the beginning of this section, according to the storytelling?
(a) Mass.
(b) Home.
(c) School.
(d) America.

15. Which of the other apprentices knows that they have been there with other men and women?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Rose.
(c) Bengino.
(d) Nestor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the apprentices examine when they come into a new town?

2. La Gorda insists they have lived in that house while on the ________ side, so this should have given them power.

3. ___________ allows that Carlos may not have been trying to hurt anyone, but he might be an unwilling envoy.

4. Which of the apprentices is Carlos closest to? Which one is the one with whom Carlos feels and shares the greatest affinity?

5. Which group has been cold to Carlos up until the point that they begin to remember some forgotten past deed?

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