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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bands of emanations are on Earth, according to Don Juan in his teachings with Carlos?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 48.

2. Of the bands that are present on Earth, many of them exist to produce ___________ without awareness.
(a) Dances.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Songs.
(d) Bubbles.

3. Julian summons ___________ without warning since he has not told Don Juan about seeing during one of their early encounters.
(a) The Spirit.
(b) An ally.
(c) A tiger.
(d) The Eagle.

4. The narrator is instructed to move his assemblage point, unaided, to align another great band of ______.
(a) Seers.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Molds.
(d) Emanations.

5. Who is able to easily change forms as they are working within the group of seers and apprenticers?
(a) La Catalina.
(b) Don Genaro.
(c) Don Carlos.
(d) Don Juan.

6. Where does Don Juan tell Carlos he should go if he should ever fail in a task so that Don Juan can come to collect him there?
(a) A lake.
(b) Home.
(c) His bench.
(d) His power spot.

7. In which desert do Don Juan, Don Genaro, and Carlos meet in order to help Carlos meet up with a person?
(a) Sonoran.
(b) Sierra Madre.
(c) Sonoma.
(d) Sahara.

8. When the narrator feels gripped by an unseen force, Don Juan and Genaro tell him to _____.
(a) Sing.
(b) See.
(c) Breathe.
(d) Focus.

9. The transition period when the assemblage point is moving is called the moment of _______ or the wall of fog.
(a) Dark night of the soul.
(b) Perceptual blankness.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Conceptual blankness.

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

11. Don Juan and Don Genaro tell Carlos his feelings are normal as he is advancing on the path of becoming a _________.
(a) Ally.
(b) Seer.
(c) Walker.
(d) Teacher.

12. What frightens Carlos, only to cause him to chase after it once his fright disappears?
(a) Creature.
(b) Thunderstorm.
(c) Talking rock.
(d) Cloud.

13. 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.

14. When the mold takes shape, the narrator is ready to worship God personified. At this point Don Juan smacks the narrator in the ______.
(a) Forehead.
(b) Clavicle.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Breast.

15. After the experience at the site of the buried seers, Don Juan commends the narrator for doing well, objecting only to his ______ fear.
(a) Unawareness of.
(b) Lack of.
(c) Indulgence in.
(d) Resistance to.

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. The narrator must shift this position in order to remember who the _____ in his dream was.

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

4. What does Carlos feel like after his experience with La Catalina?

5. The narrator realizes that the person in his dream is the nagual _______ who lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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