View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Don Juan had called the four sisters _______ meaning the 'little sisters'.
(a) Las hermanitos.
(b) Las hermanitas.
(c) Las hermanas.
(d) Las hermanos.

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

4. Don Juan teaches the women to open up the crack between the worlds by using the magic time of ______.
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Sunset.
(c) The full moon.
(d) Menstruation.

5. The difference between the way that men do the gesture and women do the gesture is that women store their feelings in ______.
(a) Their chest.
(b) Their heads.
(c) Their stomach.
(d) Their womb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soledad was instructed by Don Juan to give Carlos a message, should he prevail, telling him that he was now _______.

2. La Gorda tells Carlos that the color of a person's normal luminosity is ______. He has a hole in his luminosity that has been patched.

3. ______ learns things from the nagual that he does not teach to any of the other apprentices.

4. During this encounter Carlos becomes aware that he is viewing the scene in the house from the ______.

5. The floor of Soledad's room has magical properties and it is oriented to the magic of the _____ wind.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Rosa's hand when she attempts to strike Carlos with a heavy object?

2. What happens when Carlos tries to escape Dona Soledad after learning that she is the one who is to teach him instead of Don Juan?

3. What does Dona Soledad say that the Nagual is when she is first teaching Carlos about the lessons he is meant to learn?

4. Describe the living situation of Pablito as Carlos finds him in the beginning of the story.

5. What allies does Carlos see when La Gorda shows him her light?

6. Carlos remembers a story about a friend who was dying in the hospital, but what did Don Juan say about how she could push her disease away?

7. How does Carlos describe La Gorda when he first sees her in this story?

8. What does Lidia reveal about the power of La Gorda in relation to the Nagual?

9. What is important about the goodbye gesture that La Gorda makes to her house and to the valley?

10. What does La Gorda need to get from Carlos in order to reclaim her edge from Pablito?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 643 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample