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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days has it taken for Castaneda to come back during his last experience with the smoke?

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

3. What does Matus diagnose as being the problem with Castaneda?

4. What gives Castaneda the strength to run back to the group and to embrace them on his last night?

5. What pulls loose as Castaneda wipes his nose and his face?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why must the mixture previously collected and entrusted to Castaneda be used as soon as possible?

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

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

8. What convinces Matus that the weed likes Castaneda?

9. What ingredient is missing from the recipe that Matus learned from his benefactor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The lessons Castaneda learns during this story are many, both from the medicines he takes and the discussions with Matus.

Part 1: List at least three lessons Castaneda has learned from his work with Matus.

Part 2: How has Castaneda changed as a person since beginning the work with Matus?

Part 3: Do you think Castaneda is forever changed by his experiences? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The Jimson Weed is said to give its user feelings of power and of total domination over others, which can make men change in positive and in negative ways.

Part 1: How is power defined in relation to Jimson Weed? What kinds of power does the weed provide?

Part 2: Why is this feeling of power something that is harmful to those who utilize the weed?

Part 3: Why do you think this plant is used in order to teach students if it is also something which might corrupt them?

Essay Topic 3

A skeptic might have troubles believing the events which take place in this book, according to Castaneda's notes.

Part 1: Describe one peyote experience of Castaneda's.

Part 2: Do you think these events Castaneda documented actually happened? Why or why not?

Part 3: In what ways do you think Castaneda could have made his descriptions more convincing? Or is what he wrote enough?

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