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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. The art of stalking includes choosing your ______________ and discarding the unnecessary, as seen in the story of Florinda.
(a) Battlefield.
(b) Poison.
(c) Book.
(d) Partner.

2. Eligio tells Carlos about breaking into the __________ and takes him into the abyss with him.
(a) Pain.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Glory.
(d) Death.

3. Carlos practices on every volitional movement, minimizing _____________ as he does so.
(a) Truth.
(b) Sound.
(c) Rationality.
(d) Pain.

4. ___________ house is a locus of power, a place where La Gorda and Carlos return after coming back through the fog bank.
(a) Don Manual's.
(b) Don Genaro's.
(c) Don Juan's.
(d) Silvio's.

5. The woman shows the rare ability to turn off the __________ at will, turning it on and off as she likes.
(a) Sound.
(b) Plants.
(c) Weather.
(d) Fog wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what time of the day must the easterly encounter take place, according to ritual?

2. After Carlos and La Gorda collapse into the dreaming position, they awaken where they begin, with identical ____________.

3. What does Carlos gaze at from his wooden crate for hours at a time once he masters his lessons?

4. Warriors must break the _________ from within when it is the proper time to emerge from their cocoons.

5. Carlos and La Gorda now possess knowledge too detailed to speculate about its ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Juan reveal to Carlos before one of his sessions with Florinda?

2. What does Don Juan give as a warning when he gives Carlos to Zuleica?

3. What is the memory that La Gorda has about Silvio when she is not dreaming?

4. What comes into focus when La Gorda slims down from her previously larger figure?

5. What does Don Juan describe as being the warrior's rule?

6. How can one be sure that a Nagual man truly leads others?

7. What does Zuleica's training of Carlos and La Gorda convince them both of, according to the story?

8. What is the warning that Carlos receives when he is to meet the warriors of Don Juan?

9. What does Florinda do when Carlos panics after being asked about Don Juan's teachings?

10. What happens to Don Juan in order to help to cure him of lust during this apprenticeship?

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