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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. In order for Carlos to learn in the __________ side, he must learn how to enter a state of perpetual clarity or heightened awareness.
(a) Down.
(b) Up.
(c) Left.
(d) Right.

2. Who is the leader of the nagual's party, as the narrator is only the nominal leader?
(a) La Gorda.
(b) La Catalina.
(c) Don Genaro.
(d) Don Juan.

3. What does Carlos do when the ally tries to climb through the mirror during another lesson?
(a) He drops the mirror.
(b) He pushes the ally back.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He screams.

4. Carlos feels as though he is _____________ when he is held by force by the gaze of the other in the mirror.
(a) Laughing.
(b) Dying.
(c) Withering.
(d) Flying.

5. Carlos sees a ___________ and wants to run, but Don Juan and Don Genaro stop him before he can do so.
(a) Mountain.
(b) Desert.
(c) Forest.
(d) Cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ beings are not the only creatures that possess life, according to the lessons of Don Juan.

2. Don Juan says that they are going to talk about La Gorda in order to provoke her ______________ in her reaction.

3. The nagual ___________ reads to Carlos at the start of this section of the story.

4. A blow from a nagual will create a sent in man's ____________, displacing the glow of awareness, according to Don Juan.

5. There is a sense of __________ which arises when Carlos follows Don Genaro in his movements into a heightened sense of awareness.

Short Essay Questions

1. How might one describe the idea of the nagual's blow, according to the teachings of Don Juan in the story?

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

3. Why does Don Juan believe that it is useless to single out the oppression of the Yaqui tribe?

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

5. What is revealed about his teachers to Carlos when he is in his left side awareness?

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

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

8. What does Carlos learn about the seer and the Eagle's emanations right before he falls asleep?

9. Why is the unknowable draining for new seers who have come to the path of being a student?

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

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