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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carlos feels good about his experience with divided _________ during the story, according to his writing.
(a) Truth.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Goals.
(d) Reference points.

2. When Carlos is able to close the door of __________, he will then have the energy to find the place of silent knowledge, according to Don Juan.
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Anger.
(d) Self reflection.

3. In order to stay at the hacienda, Don Juan has to __________ and he needs to avoid having a bad attitude during his time.
(a) Sleep quietly.
(b) Train with Don Matus.
(c) Stay in one room.
(d) Work hard.

4. Don Juan was only able to puncture the rationality of Carlos when he took him to a place of ____________, according to his reasoning.
(a) Truth.
(b) Pain.
(c) No pity.
(d) Desperation.

5. What is the best way to stalk oneself, according to the teachings of Don Juan to Carlos?
(a) Birth.
(b) Death.
(c) Sorcery.
(d) Marriage.

6. What does Don Juan say the healer was probably able to remove from the body of the patient which is why the patient got better?
(a) Germs.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Tumors.
(d) Disease.

7. Death can stop challenging sorcerers when they take a ______ into the inconceivable, according to the stories of Don Juan.
(a) Leap.
(b) Trust fall.
(c) Somersault.
(d) Jump.

8. Pure __________ only happens after the somersault of thought, according to Don Juan, but Carlos does not understand what this means.
(a) Momentum.
(b) Truth.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Power.

9. To what area do Don Juan and Carlos return a few days later in the story, according to the writing of Carlos?
(a) Desert.
(b) River.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Mountains.

10. Carlos begins to have a recollection of a time he and Don Juan were in ___________ in the state of Chihuahua.
(a) The desert.
(b) The river.
(c) A cave.
(d) The temple.

11. ___________ requires that the sorcerer banish doubt from their mind, allowing anything to become possible for the person.
(a) Intensity.
(b) Ruthlessness.
(c) Sweetness.
(d) Anger.

12. When a person reaches the point of no pity, rationality and ____________ become weak, according to Don Juan's teachings to Carlos.
(a) Trust.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Movement.
(d) Anger.

13. Don Juan aims to break Carlos' sense of his own personality's ___________, within the course of their training together.
(a) Continuity.
(b) Identity.
(c) Rigidity.
(d) Truth.

14. _________ is not an enemy as many people like to believe that it is, according to Don Juan in the story.
(a) Power.
(b) Death.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Truth.

15. A sorcerer needs to become _______________ in order to not be held back in their life and in their progress.
(a) Resourceful.
(b) Impeccable.
(c) Tricky.
(d) Truthful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Carlos a petty, wasteful, opinionated, coercive, short tempered, and conceited man in the course of the story?

2. What does Don Juan shout out to the people who are around him as Carlos is trying to help him when he moves around?

3. What is the animal that Carlos and Don Juan both notice as they are traveling together?

4. Carlos had a frightening lack of _________ when Don Juan decides to do the things that he does to Carlos before shaking off the ruse.

5. What is one of the ways Don Juan suggests that Carlos can begin to remember the things he wants to remember?

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