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

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

3. What does Castaneda circle in order to determine its position?
(a) Pole.
(b) Matus.
(c) Porch.
(d) Tent.

4. What does Castaneda do when he finally sees the real Matus before him?
(a) Falls asleep.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Cries.
(d) Kisses his hand.

5. Castaneda rates his night with the weed as truly _________.
(a) Freeing.
(b) Uneventful.
(c) Terrifying.
(d) Magnificent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Matus do in order to soothe Castaneda?

3. What must like Castaneda very much because of where Castaneda placed the paste?

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

5. What makes Castaneda feel uplifted and like he wants to weep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matus have to say about the smoke mixture that Castaneda is preparing on his own now?

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

3. Describe what happens to Castaneda on the first night of his peyote ceremony.

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

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

6. What convinces Matus that the weed likes Castaneda?

7. Why must Castaneda blink many times during his recollection of being a crow?

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

9. What does Matus urge Castaneda to do before smoking again?

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

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