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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Women warriors have a best direction in terms of the wind. Soledad's best direction is the _______.
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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.
(a) Friends.
(b) Co-workers.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Family.

4. Dona Soledad produces wash basins to which she adds ________ . She then instructs Carlos to wash himself with the water.
(a) Mashed vines.
(b) Oils.
(c) Mescalito.
(d) Mashed leaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Don Juan suggested to Carlos that if he wanted to pay him back he could make a donation to the "spirit of _______".

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

3. La Gorda enters Carlos' car in a bizarre way as if it were a/an ______ reminding Carlos of Don Juan.

4. The nagual stated that power only comes after we accept our _______ without recriminations.

5. In La Gorda's case, ______ women emptied her and the hole in her stomach used to be like a cavern.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the strict orders that La Gorda is under in relation to the location of the Sorcerers when she is helping Carlos?

3. 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?

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

5. What happened when La Gorda got pregnant when she was younger and having a troubled life?

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

7. What is the story of Josefina and Lidia according to the story as it is told in the beginning of the book?

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

9. What is the ability that the Nagual has given to La Gorda and Carlos, though not to the girls, though all are the same?

10. What does Carlos search for outside, accusing Dona Soledad of tricks when he sees this creature in the area?

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