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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Don Juan want to go with Carlos, though he does not want anyone else to go with them?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Town square.
(c) Peru.
(d) A lake.

2. Who arrives and pushes the assemblage point of Carlos in order to show him what the lesson means for him?
(a) Don Genaro.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) La Gorda.
(d) La Catalina.

3. Carlos needs to be in a state of _____________ awareness when he is learning with Don Juan.
(a) Heightened.
(b) Blank.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Honest.

4. What does Don Juan do in order to push Carlos into a heightened state of awareness in the beginning of the story?
(a) Sing.
(b) Whisper.
(c) Slap him on the back.
(d) Nothing.

5. While Don Genaro is sleeping, Don Juan explains to Carlos the second ____________ about awareness and seeing.
(a) Emanation.
(b) Truth.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Promise.

6. The Eagle's ___________ are commands of which men are able to only sense a small portion, according to Don Juan.
(a) Myths.
(b) Emanations.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Stories.

7. In order for Carlos to perceive ___________, his assemblage point must be moved away from the position it's usually in.
(a) La Catalina.
(b) His soul.
(c) Don Juan.
(d) An ally.

8. Don Juan defines a ____________ as a tormentor in the life of a person, causing them to learn a lesson as a result.
(a) Medicine.
(b) Soul seeker.
(c) Ally.
(d) Petty tyrant.

9. What does Carlos have to make for his trip to the creek near Don Genaro's home with Don Juan?
(a) Mirror.
(b) Mandala.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Offering bundle.

10. What is the indescribable force which is the source of all sentient beings, according to the teachings of Don Juan?
(a) Mother.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Eagle.

11. Since there is nothing visual about the ___________, Don Juan says that a person must be able to witness it in order to understand it.
(a) Mountain.
(b) Lesson.
(c) Truth.
(d) Eagle.

12. When the ___________ does not return to its usual position this can cause a person to begin to go crazy.
(a) Assemblage point.
(b) Lesson.
(c) Human body.
(d) Dream.

13. There is a sense of __________ which arises when Carlos follows Don Genaro in his movements into a heightened sense of awareness.
(a) Urgency.
(b) Power.
(c) Time.
(d) Misery.

14. Don Juan _________ is the Mexican-Indian sorcerer with which Carlos has been training for some time.
(a) Geraldo.
(b) Genaro.
(c) Gorda.
(d) Matus.

15. What might the narrator's state of mind be described as in this part of the book, which leads Don Juan and Don Genaro to question whether he wants to be there?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Immaturity.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Don Juan shares that new seers are not caught by ___________ but choose the date of their departure.

2. Carlos is extremely fatigued because Don Genaro pushed him into the ___________ and the narrator doesn't have enough energy for that.

3. Don Juan explains to Carlos that ____________ can transport a man bodily, but so can water, according to the teachings.

4. Don Juan and Don Genaro are both ___________, or seers, which is what they are attempting to train Carlos to be as well.

5. There are two types of _________, one which is able to practice self restraint and pragmatism and one who is not.

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