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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carlos do when La Gorda insists that Carlos had been a close helper of Silvio's?
(a) Nearly kills her.
(b) Drowns her.
(c) Cries.
(d) Leaves the group

2. __________ had supposedly gone beyond the wall of fog seeking La Gorda, nearly died, and then recognized no one after that.
(a) Carlos.
(b) Jose.
(c) Bengino.
(d) Pablito.

3. La Gorda decides to divert Carlos into talking about his ______________ when they are together.
(a) Fantasies.
(b) Drug use.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Books.

4. The apprentice speaks of the stone ruins in terms of the fearsome _______ and the peaceful tonal structures, which confuses Carlos.
(a) Don Juan.
(b) Silvio.
(c) Nagual.
(d) Consciousness.

5. ___________ allows that Carlos may not have been trying to hurt anyone, but he might be an unwilling envoy.
(a) Rosa.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Nestor.
(d) La Gorda.

6. What is NOT one of the tasks which the apprentices might have to do when they are dreaming?
(a) Killing.
(b) Building.
(c) Curing.
(d) Predicting.

7. Carlos feels an intense feeling of __________ right before he suddenly blacks out with the apprentices.
(a) Kinship.
(b) Pain.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Fear.

8. Carlos has visited ________ where there are stone ruins where colossal figures are said to walk at night.
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Baja.
(c) Oxacaca.
(d) Tula.

9. Carlos recalls dreaming vividly about a Mexican song being played on a __________, as well as a beautiful woman.
(a) Stereo.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Flute.

10. __________says that Silvio gives Carlos all that he is, causing Carlos to not be seen as the leader anymore.
(a) Lydia.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Nestor.

11. Which of the apprentices decides to run away to Tula in order to die, though Carlos will not let him?
(a) Jose.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Nestor.
(d) Terrence.

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

13. How many times do Eligio and Josefina have to snatch La Gorda back from her dreaming at this point of the story?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Once.

14. La Gorda says that Carlos' body is just beginning to ____________, just as she is having the same experience.
(a) Remember.
(b) Wither.
(c) Die.
(d) Awaken.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says he/she will meet up with Carlos at a later time since they are destined to work together as warriors?

2. Who is Don Juan's feminine analogue, according to the remembering of Carlos?

3. The common task of La Gorda and Carlos is the ______________, which is where they can be on the same level.

4. Carlos once, when dreaming, leaves the house through ____________ and has no sensation of moving at all.

5. Which of the other apprentices knows that they have been there with other men and women?

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