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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. After Carlos learns how to heal the injuries he has given, he drives the two girls to _______ house.
(a) Soledad's.
(b) Pablito's.
(c) Rosa's.
(d) Lidia's.

2. Carlos described one of Don Juan's allies as being eight or nine feet tall and _______ in shape.
(a) Spherical.
(b) Rectangular.
(c) Triangular.
(d) Circular.

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

4. Rosa says, "The Witness has told us that you always know what to do." The Witness who is being referred to is _____.
(a) Nestor.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Genaro.
(d) Don Juan.

5. All of the following jumped into the abyss except ______, the last time that Carlos saw Don Juan.
(a) Genaro.
(b) Eligio.
(c) Soledad.
(d) Don Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soledad told Carlos that he was able to prevail over her despite all of the advice she received from Don Juan because of his _____ side.

2. 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.

3. Women warriors have a best direction in terms of the wind. Soledad's best direction is the _______.

4. Carlos was also re-oriented in a similar fashion early on in his apprenticeship except that his direction is _______.

5. Don Juan had called the four sisters _______ meaning the 'little sisters'.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why must La Gorda and Carlos go to a place of power when they are traveling together?

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

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

9. What does the scary man do with the wind in order to help La Gorda learn about her life?

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

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