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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soledad attempts to take Carlos' _______ so that she can be complete, at the instruction of Don Juan.
(a) Power.
(b) Prestige.
(c) Notebooks.
(d) Money.

2. Josefina shreds her hand on a _______ before she is finally able to drop her old ways and move into the ways of power.
(a) Leaf.
(b) Stick.
(c) Rock.
(d) Piece of glass.

3. Carlos was also re-oriented in a similar fashion early on in his apprenticeship except that his direction is _______.
(a) Northwest.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northeast.
(d) Southeast.

4. Although Carlos wants to leave, he is told that he must stay until _______ gets there and Rosa and Lidia will take care of him.
(a) Nestor.
(b) Soledad.
(c) Genaro.
(d) La Gorda.

5. Carlos is invited by Pablito's mother to have sex with her. She is upset that he is not _______.
(a) Implacable.
(b) Immature.
(c) Imperfect.
(d) Impeccable.

6. The nagual set La Gorda a task of taking care of _______ in order to give what she had never received, love and affection.
(a) Lidia and Josefina.
(b) Lidia and Rosa.
(c) Josefina and Soledad.
(d) Rosa and Josefina.

7. According to Don Juan, children end up stealing the ______ that their parents once possessed. This creates a hole.
(a) Fire.
(b) Strength.
(c) Edge.
(d) Fierceness.

8. When Carlos begins to talk to La Gorda, he becomes upset and _______.
(a) Hands out the packages he brought.
(b) Leaves the house.
(c) Starts shouting.
(d) Starts throwing things.

9. When Carlos asks how he might be able to cure Soledad of her sickness, he is told to use his _______.
(a) Double.
(b) Mescalito.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Hand.

10. Carlos' ability to "stop the world" was accompanied by a _______ sensation at the top of his head.
(a) Cold.
(b) Warm.
(c) Tickling.
(d) Numb.

11. Carlos Castaneda is searching for Don Juan, and he stops at Pablito's house where he lives with his mom and _____ sisters.
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

12. According to Don Juan, _______ is not a good time for Carlos and thus the sisters were instructed to attack him then.
(a) Morning.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Evening.
(d) Midnight.

13. At the opening of the chapter Carlos is accused of having stolen Soledad's _______ during their encounter.
(a) Plant.
(b) Power.
(c) Dog.
(d) Soul.

14. _______ has difficulty talking and Carlos is horrified by the apparent 'aphasia' that has made it difficult for her.
(a) Lidia.
(b) Soledad.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Josefina.

15. Soledad tells Carlos that ______ has instructed her not to let him leave and she enlists the help of her dog.
(a) Don Benigno.
(b) Don Genaro.
(c) Don Eligio.
(d) Don Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos is told that his loss of luminosity comes from the fact that he can't abandon his enmeshment with ______.

2. The nagual once gave Soledad _____ during her apprenticeship training in order to help speed her along.

3. Carlos had interrupted the ability of Soledad's _____ to take power over him because he liked it and continued to look at the lines.

4. The three women contrived to attack Carlos. _______ began nibbling at his side while he was lying on the floor.

5. Dona Soledad and ______ do not get along well with each other and cause each other conflict.

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