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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day after the sorcery, one must return to the ________ and ask the two participating lizards to come out again.
(a) Planting.
(b) Desert.
(c) Creek.
(d) Clearing.

2. The answer to #85 must be taken ____________ before one masters soaring through the air, seeing where he wishes, etc.
(a) By one's self.
(b) Once.
(c) With a spirit guide.
(d) 20 times.

3. Where do Matus and Castaneda go in order to hunt for honguitos?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Chile.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Mexico.

4. Who is surprised to see his normally unplayful dog acting playful?
(a) Matus.
(b) John.
(c) Phillip.
(d) George.

5. What sweetens the smoke that Matus and Castaneda are preparing?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Pebbles.

6. What is the final ingredient in the smoke mixture Castaneda and Matus are making?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Tar.
(c) Ahuaysca.
(d) Marijuana.

7. What is Castaneda to eat along with the other men who are there?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Dried fruit and meat.
(d) Flowers.

8. How many Indians are sitting on the porch when Castaneda arrives to meet with Matus?
(a) 0.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

9. What has happened to Matus that has caused him to not be on his porch one day?
(a) Upset stomach.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Dislocated ankle.
(d) Overdose.

10. Who is Matus' benefactor's ally, as introduced to Castaneda in this chapter?
(a) Jimson Weed.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Peyote.

11. What is Castaneda studying at the University of California, Los Angeles?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Chemistry.

12. What changes when Castaneda moves to a particular spot on the porch?
(a) His skin color.
(b) Peripheral vision.
(c) Hearing sensations.
(d) His heart beat.

13. In the end, how many buttons of peyote do the men consume individually?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

14. What kinds of plants did the Indians use for pleasure, curing, and witchcraft?
(a) Paralytic.
(b) Hallucinogenic.
(c) Sedative.
(d) Analgesic.

15. Whose house do the group of Indians and Castaneda go to in the dingy white truck?
(a) Don Juan's.
(b) John's.
(c) George's.
(d) Matus'.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Castaneda has kept track of his experiences with Matus?

2. What is the other name given to a person who is considered to be a medicine man?

3. What does he put on the place to mark the spot where his vision changes?

4. These drug experiences help Castaneda learn more about states of ______________.

5. What does Matus find ridiculous to suggest, as Castaneda does, as they are Mescalito's guests?

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