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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are sensitive and destroy themselves if they do not like new hands?
(a) Pipes.
(b) Hats.
(c) Spiritual books.
(d) Smoke mixtures.

2. These drug experiences help Castaneda learn more about states of ______________.
(a) Drug use.
(b) Brain function.
(c) Non-ordinary reality.
(d) Consciousness.

3. What is Castaneda warned not to do when they are down by the creek?
(a) Close his eyes.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Drink.
(d) Eat.

4. What does he use for the spot where the porch turns from chartreuse to other colors?
(a) Jacket.
(b) Towel.
(c) Book.
(d) Shoe.

5. What is the figurine of the man carded from a female Datura root, holding an agave thorn like a spear?
(a) A Man of Knowledge.
(b) A Centaur.
(c) An ally.
(d) Protection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other name Matus uses for 'teacher' in the story?

2. Matus announces that he has _________ in order to find out Castaneda's intentions.

3. What does Matus prepare for Castaneda from the root extract?

4. What sweetens the smoke that Matus and Castaneda are preparing?

5. If 'he' does not find Castaneda __________, their friendship would be lost.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the appearance of the two lizards that Matus shows to Castaneda.

2. Once someone knows Mescalito well, what does 'he' appear as?

3. What does Castaneda begin to experience by the sixth cycle of taking dry buttons?

4. Why does Matus grow angry with Castaneda after his experience?

5. What are the differences between the male and the female Jimson Weed plants?

6. Why does Matus declare all is well the next evening after Castaneda has taken the buttons?

7. Why do people keep Mescalito in a bag fastened around their arm or neck?

8. Though Castaneda and Matus are not able to work together all the time, what does this provide to Castaneda?

9. What will happen if Castaneda does not receive his first 7 mescalitos from someone other than Matus?

10. What are the four 'heads' of Jimson Weed, or Devil's Weed?

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