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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator hears a noise behind him and turning back he sees three grotesquely deformed ______.
(a) Eagles.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Monsters.

2. As the narrator dances with Genaro, he watches himself and falls into confusion and his ______ along with Genaro's disappears.
(a) Double.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Shadow.

3. Don Juan instructs the narrator to look around him and he sees _______. Then the three of them begin walking back towards the rock.
(a) The allies.
(b) The eagle.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

4. The old seers used to intend death away through _______, which allowed them to escape the strikes of the tumbler.
(a) Disappearing.
(b) Running away.
(c) Hiding in caves.
(d) Burying themselves.

5. The narrator comes to the conclusion that the mold always appears to him as ______ because that is what he is familiar with.
(a) Mexican.
(b) White.
(c) Female.
(d) Male.

6. The narrator and Don Juan take their last trip to Oaxaca together but is unable to be sad because ______ is a contagious disease.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Comraderie.
(c) Power.
(d) Happiness.

7. Don Juan shares that _________ are closer kin to man than ants as they give off pink luminosities.
(a) Trees.
(b) Animals.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Birds.

8. Julian moves Don Juan's assemblage point in order to imbue two qualities: sustained ________ and unbending intent.
(a) Learning.
(b) Peace.
(c) Effort.
(d) Focus.

9. Don Juan instructs the narrator to move his assemblage point around the rock. The narrator becomes nauseous with fear and feels something grip his ______.
(a) Toes.
(b) Ankle.
(c) Knee.
(d) Hand.

10. La Catalina is attracted to Carlos because they are the same, and she is closer to the ancient __________.
(a) Truths.
(b) Seers.
(c) Women.
(d) Writers.

11. What is the animal form which La Catalina took when she was working with the other men?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Worm.
(c) Rock.
(d) Eagle.

12. Who is the person who both scares and attracts Carlos and whom he is to meet in the desert?
(a) Silvio Miguel.
(b) Pablito.
(c) La Catalina.
(d) La Gorda.

13. The narrator realizes that the person in his dream is the nagual _______ who lives in Tucson, Arizona.
(a) Genaro.
(b) Carol.
(c) Eligio.
(d) Michael.

14. Which of the bundles are colored as amber, with some in the group having different shades of amber?
(a) Men.
(b) Insects.
(c) Trees.
(d) Tigers.

15. Julian was a master __________ and the teacher of Don Juan, according to the story Don Juan tells Carlos.
(a) Seer.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Medicine walker.
(d) Stalker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Don Juan states that the mold of man is not a creator, it is a _____ of human attributes and worshiping it is an act of arrogance.

2. Don Juan explains to the narrator that the old seers chose to live at any cost and patterned themselves on ______ and intended death away.

3. At Don Juan's instruction the narrator is able to recall a fragment of the time he woke up in a ______position.

4. Don Juan explains to Carlos that perception is _______ and he must cut off his internal dialogue.

5. A seer needs _____________ in his daily life in order to obtain the dreaming body, according to Don Juan's teachings.

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