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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can a man not be changed?
(a) There is no possibility to affect the lives of another.
(b) There is no reason to try, a man is what he is.
(c) All of these,
(d) There is no chance of Darwinism to reign supreme.

2. Who was not an apprentice of Genaro's?
(a) Don Juan.
(b) Pablito.
(c) I don't know.
(d) Nestor.

3. Why does Carlos think he is better off than the shoeshine boys?
(a) Carlos feels that he lives better.
(b) Carlos feels that their entire existence is taken up in the pursuit of food.
(c) Carlos feels that knowledge cannot be acquired by their lifestyle.
(d) Carlos feels his world is more intellectually open to him.

4. What was the first thing Carlos saw on the mat?
(a) A fly.
(b) A spider.
(c) A bee.
(d) A gnat.

5. What did Carlos always find difficult after he had finished with the little smoke?
(a) Driving.
(b) Chores.
(c) Walking.
(d) Talking.

6. What did don Juan beat Carlos to?
(a) His question regarding controlled folly.
(b) None of these.
(c) Descriptions of the clouds.
(d) His feelings of a lack of self worth.

7. What did Mescalito allow Carlos to do?
(a) Interpret Eligio's lesson.
(b) All of these.
(c) Understand what was happening to Eligio.
(d) 'See' Eligio's lesson.

8. What was the definition of stranger?
(a) Someone who couldn't interpret their experience for themselves.
(b) Someone who lacked the ability to make intelligent interpretations of the units of meaning.
(c) All of these.
(d) Someone who didn't understand the properties of psychotropic plants.

9. What does the Spanish word of Brujo translate to?
(a) Curer.
(b) Sorcerer.
(c) All of these.
(d) Medicine man.

10. What did Lucio's friends think that Carlos was?
(a) An American spy.
(b) A tequila salesman.
(c) All of these.
(d) A crazy man, as he had consumed peyote.

11. From what two points do the fibers extend that don Juan describes?
(a) From the neck to the naval.
(b) From the head to the feet.
(c) From the head to the naval.
(d) From the chest to the feet.

12. When was Carlos closest to 'seeing'?
(a) When he had tested his strength at the waterfall.
(b) When Carlos saw him at the waterfall.
(c) All of these.
(d) When don Genaro sat on his head.

13. What had Carlos obsessed about?
(a) Meeting Mescalito.
(b) 'Seeing'.
(c) Gaining an ally.
(d) He was not obsessed.

14. An evil sorcerer would become what bird?
(a) An owl.
(b) A seagull.
(c) A robin.
(d) A hawk.

15. What disturbed Carlos?
(a) That don Juan didn't care about him.
(b) The lack of progress on his book.
(c) The darkness.
(d) The fact that don Juan's bones all cracked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How could a skilled sorcerer bring about a specialized range of perception?

2. What did don Juan and Carlos eat?

3. What does don Juan point out to Carlos?

4. What animal did don Juan compare to Lucio?

5. What color was the guardian originally?

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