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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 Castaneda realize he has forgotten after spending 90 minutes searching for the lizards?
(a) He has to speak to them first.
(b) He has to leave the ceremony early.
(c) He has to offer them a hair.
(d) He has to smoke first.

2. In what direction are the crows going to fly, according to what Castaneda's vision told him?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

3. 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) Hides by a cactus.
(c) Promises to help the lizards.
(d) Runs into the water.

4. During which cycle of collecting ingredients for the smoking mixture is Castaneda the only one involved in the process?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for the four day peyote ceremony that Castaneda does with Matus' help?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the details of Castaneda's final encounter with Mescalito.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Matus laugh at Castaneda as he tries to meet with his ally again?

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