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

2. Why does Castaneda feel embarrassed on the second night of the peyote ceremony?
(a) He is violently ill.
(b) He can't move.
(c) He does not have a song.
(d) He doesn't feel anything.

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

4. Two days after Castaneda's lizard ceremony, what does he report to Matus?
(a) He cannot find the lizards.
(b) He is leaving him forever.
(c) He doesn't know the next step.
(d) He feels he is going crazy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens if the muted lizard does not return to Castaneda?

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

4. Castaneda must learn to ___________ like a crow, which is difficult, but not painful.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Matus need to smoke much anymore, though he still makes a new mixture each year?

2. What does Matus provide for Castaneda as they read themselves to test Devil's Weed again?

3. When he is called with "Hey boy!" why doesn't Castaneda come into Matus' house?

4. What does Matus diagnose as Castaneda continues to feel shallow states of non-ordinary reality?

5. What happens as Castaneda sings his song to Mescalito during the peyote ceremony?

6. Why does Matus believe the Devil's Weed must like Castaneda very much?

7. Describe how Castaneda feels after smoking the mixture in Matus' pipe.

8. What does Castaneda see when he wakes up beside his plant?

9. What does Castaneda recall after already spending 90 minutes looking for lizards?

10. Where does Castaneda wake up during his last night of smoking the mixture?

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