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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 invites La Gorda to get into the car and she begins a complicated set of movements known as the ______.
(a) Hello gesture.
(b) Goodbye gesture.
(c) Power gesture.
(d) 'Seeing' gesture.

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

3. According to Don Juan, children end up stealing the ______ that their parents once possessed. This creates a hole.
(a) Edge.
(b) Fire.
(c) Fierceness.
(d) Strength.

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

5. When Carlos asks how he might be able to cure Soledad of her sickness, he is told to use his _______.
(a) Double.
(b) Hand.
(c) Mescalito.
(d) Shadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, Don Juan's children are similar in the way that he worked on their holes except _______.

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

3. Although Carlos was again able to save himself by jumping out of his body he was also saved by the arrival of ______.

4. Using her _______, La Gorda climbs atop Carlos so that they appear to be one tall creature in order to escape the allies.

5. In addition to having no teeth and an ugly, old, smelly body ______ also seemed to have some kind of facial paralysis.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do La Gorda and Dona Soledad think of each other when they finally meet?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What happens when a woman menstruates in order to increase their power in the world?

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

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

8. Where do men and women store their memories, according to the observations of Carlos?

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

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