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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Don Juan stated that this particular sensation was necessary for ______ to cultivate.
(a) Witches.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Sorcerers.
(d) Mescalito.

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

3. According to the book, when La Gorda was finally able to escape from the man who was beating her she was ________.
(a) Deaf.
(b) Pregnant.
(c) Mute.
(d) Physically disabled.

4. When one of the allies begins to approach, La Gorda instructs Carlos to ______ in his hands and create sparks.
(a) Sneeze.
(b) Rub dirt.
(c) Piss.
(d) Spit.

5. The nagual uses _______ to cure or kill the laundry woman because he sees death approaching. This allows her to learn more than the other apprentices.
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Wind.
(d) Earth.

6. Using her _______, La Gorda climbs atop Carlos so that they appear to be one tall creature in order to escape the allies.
(a) Dress.
(b) Red fibers.
(c) Shawl.
(d) Flying ability.

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

8. Pablito rescued Elena, also known as _______ from a life of poverty and sets her up doing laundry.
(a) Soledad.
(b) Josefina.
(c) Lidia.
(d) La Gorda.

9. According to the book, Carlos told La Gorda that he was going to drive until he reached the town of _______.
(a) Nogales.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Mexico City.

10. The light was referred to as _____ and Carlos was told that the second that he became weak it would kill him.
(a) The ally.
(b) The apprentice.
(c) The dog.
(d) The friend.

11. There are two ways that a sorcerer can tell if someone has a hole in them. The first way is through 'seeing' it looking directly at them. The second way is 'seeing' through_____.
(a) Travelling.
(b) Using the allies.
(c) Journeying.
(d) Dreaming.

12. In addition to having no teeth and an ugly, old, smelly body ______ also seemed to have some kind of facial paralysis.
(a) Rosa.
(b) Soledad.
(c) Josefina.
(d) La Gorda.

13. La Gorda was finally saved when ______ found her and took her in to his carpentry shop. There she started doing laundry.
(a) Benigno.
(b) Eligio.
(c) Pablito.
(d) Nestor.

14. All of the following jumped into the abyss except ______, the last time that Carlos saw Don Juan.
(a) Soledad.
(b) Eligio.
(c) Don Juan.
(d) Genaro.

15. The nagual stated that power only comes after we accept our _______ without recriminations.
(a) Gifts.
(b) Age.
(c) Parents.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos is invited by Pablito's mother to have sex with her. She is upset that he is not _______.

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

3. _______ has difficulty talking and Carlos is horrified by the apparent 'aphasia' that has made it difficult for her.

4. ________ runs out to greet him and Carlos is unnerved because she is running too fast and nimbly for an old woman.

5. ________ is another name that the sorcerer Don Juan is known as by Soledad, Pablito, Lidia, and Josefina.

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