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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secretes digestive acids that want to dissolve Castaneda?
(a) Cacti.
(b) A lizard.
(c) Sea kelp.
(d) A snake.

2. What makes Castaneda feel uplifted and like he wants to weep?
(a) Matus' words.
(b) The bird.
(c) The lizard's message.
(d) Singing at the ceremony.

3. ___________ at wake up time convinces Matus that the weed likes Castaneda.
(a) Fog.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Rain.
(d) Good weather.

4. What would have happened to Castaneda had he moved from his beneficial spot on the porch?
(a) He would have won the battle.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Matus isn't sure.
(d) His soul would have been taken away for good.

5. How many days has it taken for Castaneda to come back during his last experience with the smoke?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

6. What happens if the muted lizard does not return to Castaneda?
(a) He is not the chosen one.
(b) He must find a new teacher.
(c) He has failed.
(d) He must give up sorcery.

7. Matus says that the smoke is ______ that the smoker must be strong.
(a) So weak.
(b) So truthful.
(c) So strong.
(d) So daring.

8. Castaneda is having troubles letting go of shallow states of non-ordinary ____________.
(a) Movements.
(b) Reality.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Ideas.

9. What does Matus yell to Castaneda that makes him feel like this does not ring true for him?
(a) You are nothing.
(b) Hey you!
(c) What are you doing?
(d) Hey boy!

10. Castaneda is profoundly distressed for hours, a common occurrence among those who lack _____________.
(a) Unbending intent.
(b) A benefactor.
(c) Allies.
(d) Honesty.

11. In what direction are the crows going to fly, according to what Castaneda's vision told him?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

12. To whom can Castaneda sing songs in order to keep himself company?
(a) No one.
(b) Mescalito.
(c) Matus.
(d) Himself.

13. What does Matus mix with the plant parts, just as his benefactor had him do?
(a) Grass.
(b) Sand.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Lard.

14. The smoke, says Matus, deals in ________ while the weed flatters and makes one feel good.
(a) Real truth.
(b) Noble power.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Darkness.

15. Where does Castaneda absentmindedly spread the paste?
(a) Wrist.
(b) Forehead.
(c) Knee.
(d) Shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matus dismisses Castaneda's idea that he has reached a ____________.

2. Where is the gray jelly left hanging from over the course of two days while the second portion is prepared?

3. Mescalito has given a clear lesson that there is only one path and one world of ____________.

4. Crows see one another as _____ rather than seeing each other as black.

5. Matus urges Castaneda to learn more about ________ power before smoking again.

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