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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Castaneda do when he walks out into the field of peyote on the last night of the ceremony?
(a) Promises to help the lizards.
(b) Sings to the plants.
(c) Runs into the water.
(d) Hides by a cactus.

3. Whatever the song Castaneda has learned is for the _____________ to clarify.
(a) Pipe.
(b) Protector.
(c) Benefactor.
(d) Book.

4. Matus says that people agree on birds flying because it is ________ behavior for them.
(a) Bird.
(b) Expected.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Simple.

5. Matus tells Castaneda not to ____ and to do what he says.
(a) Close his eyes.
(b) Fear.
(c) Drink water.
(d) Move.

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

7. Normally, says Matus, only great _________ return from such journeys as Castaneda had.
(a) Shamans.
(b) Brujos.
(c) Warriors.
(d) Shape shifters.

8. What does Matus confess to not doing during Castaneda's trance?
(a) Watching.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Walking.
(d) Touching him.

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

10. What gives Castaneda the strength to run back to the group and to embrace them on his last night?
(a) The lizard.
(b) A song.
(c) The water.
(d) The light.

11. Castaneda must learn to ___________ like a crow, which is difficult, but not painful.
(a) Die.
(b) Walk.
(c) Talk.
(d) See.

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

13. Matus begins to talk about smoke as an ___________ during his third year with Castaneda.
(a) Ally.
(b) Enigma.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Adversary.

14. It is clear Mescalito approves of Castaneda because he appears to Castaneda __________ times.
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

15. What is the young man who Castaneda sees hurrying carrying in his arms?
(a) Stack of papers.
(b) Plants.
(c) Bottles.
(d) Lizards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matus does not want a description of Castaneda's experience because he has not traveled anywhere or ______________.

2. What does Castaneda do when he finally sees the real Matus before him?

3. The worlds of ______ and men overlap, but a crack opens and closes between them.

4. What can Castaneda do in order to fight the person who took away his soul?

5. What secretes digestive acids that want to dissolve Castaneda?

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