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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of wasting time, Don Juan decides to confront his apprentices with difficult situations and then forces them to ____________.

2. Crossing over to freedom is not ___________, but a preservation of awareness that is normally lost at death.

3. Don Juan offers to show a government clerk the last of the Indian ___________ as a way to get her to become a being.

4. Who does Don Juan seek out, forsaking his stalker training in the process, according to the story?

5. Each _________ is taught heightened awareness by his/her warrior counterpart so that he/she might teach others.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Juan's benefactor make him do at the start of this section of the book?

2. What is the difference between men and women, according to the lifestyle of Florinda?

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

4. What is the final task of Don Juan as it is outlined in this book's section?

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

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

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

8. What happens in relation to action when a person is on the left side?

9. What is the first of the not-doings which Carlos has to do according to Silvio as he instructs Carlos and La Gorda?

10. How might the structure of Naguals be described, according to the story and to Don Juan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carlos is warned that Don Juan's warriors may do anything to him when they meet, though they will not kill him.

Part 1: Why do you think that the warriors are unable to kill Carlos?

Part 2: Do you think that all people need to encounter warriors during their lives?

Part 3: What are some of the lessons that Carlos will learn as a result of meeting the warriors?

Essay Topic 2

Pablito runs away to Tula to die, but Carlos does not think that this needs to happen, so he runs after him in order to help.

Part 1: Do you think that Carlos was correct in running after a person who has decided to die?

Part 2: What would you have done if one of your friends had told you they wanted to die?

Part 3: How do you think that Pablito felt to have someone else come after him during this time?

Essay Topic 3

Carlos and La Gorda continue to work together, remembering things which they didn't realize they had forgotten.

Part 1: Why do you think certain memories only come up at certain times?

Part 2: Do you think that you have certain memories which you will not be able to remember in the present, but that you will be able to remember in the future?

Part 3: How do you think that you could make old memories resurface in your own mind?

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