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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 the young man who Castaneda sees hurrying carrying in his arms?
(a) Bottles.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Stack of papers.
(d) Plants.

2. Castaneda waits all day for Matus to mention something about _____________.
(a) Drugs.
(b) God.
(c) Flying.
(d) Death.

3. Only by ___________ can Castaneda appreciate smoke's importance as an ally to him.
(a) His apprenticeship.
(b) Sight.
(c) A secret dance.
(d) Experience.

4. Mescalito has given a clear lesson that there is only one path and one world of ____________.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Answers.
(c) Truth.
(d) Happiness.

5. What does Castaneda do when he walks out into the field of peyote on the last night of the ceremony?
(a) Sings to the plants.
(b) Runs into the water.
(c) Hides by a cactus.
(d) Promises to help the lizards.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ at wake up time convinces Matus that the weed likes Castaneda.

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

3. Crows see one another as _____ rather than seeing each other as black.

4. To whom can Castaneda sing songs in order to keep himself company?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Castaneda do when he realizes the figure walking out of the house is not his mentor?

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

5. What are some things Matus tells Castaneda he can do to get his soul back?

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

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

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

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

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

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