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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Castaneda circle in order to determine its position?
(a) Matus.
(b) Porch.
(c) Tent.
(d) Pole.

2. Castaneda believes he has succumbed to the first enemy of man of ____________.
(a) Shame.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Truth.

3. What kind of song does Mescalito teach to Castaneda on the third night?
(a) Brazilian.
(b) French.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Spanish.

4. What has Castaneda become more familiar with at every meeting?
(a) Matus' pipe.
(b) Smoke mixture.
(c) Songs and chants.
(d) Secret plant names.

5. Only by ___________ can Castaneda appreciate smoke's importance as an ally to him.
(a) Sight.
(b) Experience.
(c) A secret dance.
(d) His apprenticeship.

6. Castaneda remembers a vision of ___________ tossing him in the air.
(a) Jim.
(b) Matus.
(c) Mescalito.
(d) H.

7. What does Matus order Castaneda to do once he slumps to the floor, unable to breathe?
(a) Sing.
(b) Plead mercy.
(c) Fight.
(d) Strip.

8. Where is Castaneda hiding when Matus hands him his clothes?
(a) Bushes.
(b) Porch.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Bedroom.

9. Matus urges Castaneda to learn more about ________ power before smoking again.
(a) Mescalito's.
(b) The lizard's.
(c) The desert's.
(d) Datura's.

10. Who has stolen Castaneda's soul?
(a) A female.
(b) A male.
(c) The dog.
(d) Matus.

11. What does Castaneda do when he finally sees the real Matus before him?
(a) Falls asleep.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Cries.
(d) Kisses his hand.

12. Matus dismisses Castaneda's idea that he has reached a ____________.
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Dangerous threshold.
(c) Boiling point.
(d) New level of consciousness.

13. What must like Castaneda very much because of where Castaneda placed the paste?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Devil's weed.
(d) Mescalito.

14. The _________ is like a woman, flatters men, setting traps, and making him rub the paste on his forehead.
(a) Wind.
(b) Weed.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Lizard.

15. What does Matus diagnose as being the problem with Castaneda?
(a) Loss of ally.
(b) Loss of soul.
(c) There is no problem.
(d) Fatigue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Castaneda realizes it is time to land, he floats down like a ____________.

2. What kind of animal has Castaneda's head turned into?

3. How many buttons does Mescalito tell Castaneda to consume after Castaneda calls the name Mescalito has given him?

4. What do the two men eat in preparation for their ceremony?

5. It is clear Mescalito approves of Castaneda because he appears to Castaneda __________ times.

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