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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. 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) Dreaming.
(b) Travelling.
(c) Journeying.
(d) Using the allies.

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

3. During this encounter Carlos becomes aware that he is viewing the scene in the house from the ______.
(a) Floor.
(b) Window.
(c) Roof.
(d) Ceiling.

4. The three women contrived to attack Carlos. _______ began nibbling at his side while he was lying on the floor.
(a) Rosa.
(b) Soledad.
(c) Lidia.
(d) Josefina.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Carlos heard a dry _____ at the base of his neck and he was able to extricate himself from Soledad.

3. When Carlos begins to talk to La Gorda, he becomes upset and _______.

4. All of the following jumped into the abyss except ______, the last time that Carlos saw Don Juan.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is on the forehead of Dona Soledad and the arm of Rosa when Carlos finds them huddled against the wall in pain?

2. What is the tickle that Carlos feels a sign of, according to the lessons he has learned from Don Juan?

3. Carlos is intrigued by the sisters, but also fearful of them. Which sisters has he known for years, describing them as dark and beautiful?

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

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

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. What happens when Carlos wakes up in the bed that the Nagual has ordered Carlos to sleep in?

8. It is said that women warriors have a best direction, and what happens when Dona Soledad is in the right direction?

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

10. What is the problem with Carlos being 'empty' according to Dona Soledad in her lessons with him?

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