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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pablito's sisters are actually _____ of Don Juan and not biologically related to Dona Soledad.
(a) Daughters.
(b) Apprentices.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Nieces.

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

3. When Carlos and La Gorda arrive at the cave she tells him that he is ______ but the bouts with the sisters have made him stronger.
(a) Weak.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Strong.
(d) Foolish.

4. Dona Soledad and ______ do not get along well with each other and cause each other conflict.
(a) La Gorda.
(b) Genaro.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Lidia.

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

6. The book states that the best way to cure a terminal patient is to remind them they are ______. When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous.
(a) Loved.
(b) Courageous.
(c) Terminal.
(d) Human.

7. When ______ arrives at the house, she first appears to be in her fifties to Carlos, and she can barely walk.
(a) Soledad.
(b) Josefina.
(c) La Gorda.
(d) Rosa.

8. Soledad was instructed by Don Juan to give Carlos a message, should he prevail, telling him that he was now _______.
(a) The mescalito.
(b) The tonal.
(c) The Nagual.
(d) The leader.

9. Carlos was Don Juan's second apprentice. Shortly after Carlos, came the apprentice _______ who was tortured by a chick following her around.
(a) Soledad.
(b) La Gorda.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Lidia.

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

11. One of the girls tells Carlos that he has a hole in his ______ that a woman made when she emptied him.
(a) Leg.
(b) Chest.
(c) Foot.
(d) Middle.

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

13. After the disguise has been dropped, it is revealed that the child is a bundle of ______.
(a) Rags.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Animal skins.

14. In La Gorda's case, ______ women emptied her and the hole in her stomach used to be like a cavern.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

15. La Gorda's history included having to beg for food using a ______ so that people would feel bad for her.
(a) Baby.
(b) Cane.
(c) Crutch.
(d) Wheelchair.

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. At some point talking to the sisters, Carlos became aware of a ______ that was moving around the house.

3. When La Gorda returned to her home, her _______ led her out to the desert and beat her with sticks and rocks and left her for dead.

4. After Carlos learns how to heal the injuries he has given, he drives the two girls to _______ house.

5. La Gorda says to Carlos that the sisters are all the same, just as all of the following are the same except ______.

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