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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 is Castaneda able to do which makes him feel quite pleased with himself?
(a) Sing.
(b) See in the dark.
(c) Jump long distances.
(d) Fly.

2. What is shockingly difficult to awaken to as Castaneda finds out?
(a) Matus over his head.
(b) The nighttime.
(c) Sober consciousness.
(d) Dawn.

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

4. ____________ is the crack between the worlds, according to Matus.
(a) Dawn.
(b) Noontime.
(c) Twilight.
(d) Thunderstorms.

5. When Castaneda admits defeat in his task, Matus tells him to feel with his _________.
(a) Nose.
(b) Mind.
(c) Hands.
(d) Eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Castaneda warned not to do when they are down by the creek?

2. Where do Matus and Castaneda go in order to hunt for honguitos?

3. Whose house do the group of Indians and Castaneda go to in the dingy white truck?

4. What does Matus describe as 'gentle, like a baby?'

5. What is repulsing and frightening to him in one of the places he has marked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question does Matus initially refuse to answer, saying that it is inappropriate for ordinary conversations?

2. Which spot is the spot that Castaneda feels most comfortable and happy?

3. What does Castaneda focus on the Indians' pre-contact use of, as illustrated by his experiences in this book?

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

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

6. Where are Castaneda and the six Indians driving to when he arrives at Matus' home on August 4, 1961?

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

8. After a year of sidestepping questions from Castaneda about Peyote, what does Matus account?

9. What does Matus not like about Jimson Weed, the next plant that Castaneda and he explore together?

10. What will a person gain if they take Datura's second portion at least twenty times?

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