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

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

3. Which group has been cold to Carlos up until the point that they begin to remember some forgotten past deed?
(a) The men.
(b) The little sisters.
(c) The Naguals.
(d) The Tonals.

4. Who is the apprentice to suggest that the students should immerse themselves in dreaming?
(a) Pablito.
(b) Carlos.
(c) La Gorda.
(d) Lydia.

5. La Gorda feels that dreaming together with Carlos will be a __________ since they have already done it together.
(a) Nightmare.
(b) Boring experience.
(c) Piece of cake.
(d) Cinch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does La Gorda locate everyone in order to bring them back to Arizona?

2. Where does the pressure in Carlos' body begin when he is still in Los Angeles?

3. Who is certain that Don Juan and Don Genaro are close by, though this person cannot see them?

4. Name one of the apprentices who is supposed to be a part of the belly of the rattlesnake.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the three sisters with whom Carlos Castaneda is reunited during the course of this book?

2. What does Carlos do in his dream once he realizes what he is supposed to do?

3. What does La Gorda think about the Nagual Woman and what her purpose is for Carlos?

4. What happens to Carlos' body when he arrives back in Los Angeles and wakes up one morning?

5. Who are the three Genaros with whom Carlos is reunited during the course of this book's story?

6. To whom are the pyramids harmful, according to Pablito at the beginning of the book?

7. What is the image in Carlos' mind which plays when he is feverish in bed one day?

8. What happens when Pablito tells the others he is going to Tula in order to die?

9. What is the order that Don Juan gives to Carlos in the dreaming about his interactions with La Gorda?

10. What promise of Don Juan's does Nestor remind the group of apprentices of?

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