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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Castaneda realize he has forgotten after spending 90 minutes searching for the lizards?
(a) He has to speak to them first.
(b) He has to smoke first.
(c) He has to offer them a hair.
(d) He has to leave the ceremony early.

2. Crows see one another as _____ rather than seeing each other as black.
(a) Purple.
(b) Silvery.
(c) Green.
(d) Light.

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

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

5. What pulls loose as Castaneda wipes his nose and his face?
(a) Hair.
(b) His hands.
(c) His head.
(d) Flesh.

6. Where is the gray jelly left hanging from over the course of two days while the second portion is prepared?
(a) The door.
(b) The plant.
(c) The shower curtain.
(d) The roof.

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

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

9. When Castaneda realizes it is time to land, he floats down like a ____________.
(a) Fog.
(b) Bird.
(c) Feather.
(d) Whisper.

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

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

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

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

14. Matus does not want a description of Castaneda's experience because he has not traveled anywhere or ______________.
(a) Done anything special.
(b) Flown.
(c) Learned a lesson.
(d) Gotten into anything.

15. Matus says that since _______ tests Castaneda all the time, it is only fair to test her again too.
(a) Devil's Weed.
(b) Life.
(c) La Catalina.
(d) H.

Short Answer Questions

1. Castaneda believes Matus is trying to create doubt in his mind about his ____________.

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

3. Castaneda must remember the order in which he stacks the _____ as this will have to be repeated going forward.

4. During which cycle of collecting ingredients for the smoking mixture is Castaneda the only one involved in the process?

5. What does Matus yell to Castaneda that makes him feel like this does not ring true for him?

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