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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. What happened when Don Juan was working with his mirror? What did the ally do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Run away.
(c) Escape and chase Don Juan.
(d) Hold Don Juan closely.

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

3. According to the lesson, the shift in the assemblage point is not only ____________.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Physical.
(c) Madness.
(d) Mental.

4. The Eagle commands that _____________ be used for creating life since having children taxes the glow of awareness.
(a) Sexual energy.
(b) Dream time.
(c) Women.
(d) Childhood.

5. What ends up killing the foreman when he is trying to go after Don Juan during his time at the mill?
(a) Snake.
(b) Stallion.
(c) Large Eagle.
(d) Cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mentors does Don Genaro have back at his house when Carlos and Don Juan join them there?

2. While Don Genaro is sleeping, Don Juan explains to Carlos the second ____________ about awareness and seeing.

3. Who becomes offended with Don Juan when he has not spoken to this character in two days?

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

5. Who wants to travel to the answer to #13 with Don Juan and Carlos, although Don Juan forbids it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Don Juan sent to the boss' house when he is working at a sugar mill as a young man?

2. What is the explanation for the fatigue which Carlos is feeling after his experience with Don Genaro and Don Juan?

3. What do Don Juan and Don Genaro debate when they see that Carlos seems melancholic?

4. What does Don Juan want to use the mirror for in the exercise with Carlos down by the river?

5. What does La Gorda do which immediately makes her feel badly, causing her to sit and weep after the incident?

6. What does the assemblage point select for alignment, as taught by Don Juan in a state of heightened awareness?

7. What is Carlos told to do when he asks for an example of what an ancient Toltec practice might be?

8. What does Carlos learn when he asks Don Juan if the warriors are preparing for death?

9. What does Don Juan believe the reason for the existence of sentient beings actually is, and the narrator does not argue the point?

10. Why does Carlos become suspicious of Don Juan and Don Genaro as they are sitting together?

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