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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. Castaneda is profoundly distressed for hours, a common occurrence among those who lack _____________.
(a) A benefactor.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Unbending intent.
(d) Allies.

2. What does Castaneda feel like doing when he goes to where his plant is?
(a) Writing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What would have happened to Castaneda had he moved from his beneficial spot on the porch?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He would have won the battle.
(c) Matus isn't sure.
(d) His soul would have been taken away for good.

4. What does Matus diagnose as being the problem with Castaneda?
(a) Loss of ally.
(b) Loss of soul.
(c) There is no problem.
(d) Fatigue.

5. The worlds of ______ and men overlap, but a crack opens and closes between them.
(a) Birds.
(b) Truths.
(c) Diableros.
(d) Shamans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Matus remarks that Castaneda falls asleep too soon to ____________.

3. What does Castaneda do when he walks out into the field of peyote on the last night of the ceremony?

4. Castaneda remembers a vision of ___________ tossing him in the air.

5. Matus says that those who experiment with smoke without a guide will ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Castaneda hide from after he consumes one more button after talking with Mescalito?

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

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

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

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

8. What do Matus and Castaneda do with the gray jelly while the second portion is prepared?

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

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

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