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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The westerly encounter is a ritual or action which must take place at ___________, according to the teachings.
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Twilight.
(d) Dawn.

2. Seers are seen as being luminous _________, having four different sections, their right and left sides with two sections each.
(a) Boxes.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Eggs.

3. The new band of warriors does not seem to be able to break through to the ________ side.
(a) Front.
(b) North.
(c) Left.
(d) Right.

4. Who takes over for Carlos' guidance, instructing Carlos and La Gorda in not doing exercises?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) Silvio.
(d) Don Genaro.

5. The culmination of Carlos' lessons with Zuleica is that he can ___________ while he is dreaming.
(a) Move.
(b) Interact.
(c) Open his eyes.
(d) Talk.

6. During what time of the day must the easterly encounter take place, according to ritual?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Midmorning.

7. Don Juan's _________ helps him to understand the facts of death, and so Don Juan helps his apprentices, especially Carlos.
(a) Brother.
(b) Guide.
(c) Mother.
(d) Benefactor.

8. Florinda's first reaction and judgment of Carlos is that he appears to be ____________ in his learning and mannerisms.
(a) Honest.
(b) Indulgent.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Dull.

9. What does Zuleica want Carlos to study well, even as she chides him for staring at her?
(a) Her vagina.
(b) Her breasts.
(c) Her hands.
(d) Her hair.

10. The Nagual woman is taken to the other world to serve as a ___________ to the hidden opening, ensuring the Nagual man leads.
(a) Lock.
(b) Guide.
(c) Door.
(d) Beacon.

11. Who is the person who sees that the sisters and the Genaros are not inept, but that Carlos is not the right Nagual?
(a) Don Juan.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Silvio.

12. What does Carlos gaze at from his wooden crate for hours at a time once he masters his lessons?
(a) Mountain.
(b) The power spot.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Patio.

13. Warriors must break the _________ from within when it is the proper time to emerge from their cocoons.
(a) Message.
(b) Stone.
(c) Mist.
(d) Shell.

14. When Carlos feels an intense itch near his body, Zuleica tells him to play it like a ___________.
(a) Horn.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Drum.
(d) Harp.

15. What sort of disease causes Florinda to seek out the advice of an Indian curer, forsaking her Catholic upbringing?
(a) Leg disease.
(b) Arm fungus.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A bad headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos had only ever been between parallel lines under the influence of ___________________, he thought.

2. Carlos practices on every volitional movement, minimizing _____________ as he does so.

3. When must Florinda come back to the curer or else she would wish she were dead?

4. __________ deal with the world as business managers, using "controlled folly" as Carlos and La Gorda experience.

5. Who is the one that receives a master plan when he is dreaming, though he does not share it with Carlos?

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