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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did don Genaro jump?
(a) He loosed his tentacles.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) He attached his fibers to different rocks.
(d) Both of these.

2. What surprised Carlos in regard to don Genaro?
(a) He never missed his footing.
(b) All of these.
(c) He was so agile.
(d) He was nimble.

3. How many peyote buttons did Eligio chew?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

4. What had Carlos decided to do?
(a) Argue about seeing.
(b) Smoke the mixture.
(c) Return to his apprenticeship.
(d) None of these.

5. What is sorcery comparable to among the Indians?
(a) Perception.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Altered states of reality.
(d) Caucasian science.

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

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

8. How did don Juan treat Carlos' experience at the mitote?
(a) All of these.
(b) As an omen he should take peyote again.
(c) As a good sign.
(d) As a good omen.

9. What were the people that Carlos had encountered when he had abandoned don Vincente's gift?
(a) Allies of a man of knowledge.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Guardians of the gift that Carlos was supposed to harness.
(d) Ghosts.

10. What was don Juan's intention?
(a) To encourage Lucio to do peyote and find his way.
(b) None of these.
(c) To bring enlightenment to Lucio.
(d) To convince Lucio's friends that peyote was a sane, and wondrous experience.

11. What did the guardian warn Carlos not to do?
(a) None of these.
(b) Attempt to pass it.
(c) Attempt to devalue it.
(d) Attempt to 'see' it any further.

12. How did don Elias appear to act?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Sleepy.
(d) None of these.

13. 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.

14. What did Carlos notice about the shoeshine boys' scavenging abilities?
(a) They left nothing behind.
(b) All of these.
(c) They were very quick.
(d) They were very thorough.

15. What was bothering Carlos in the car?
(a) He was hungry.
(b) The heat.
(c) All of these.
(d) The sun on the back of his neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is so interesting to note about Mescalito's treatment of Carlos?

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

3. Why can Carlos' view of the world not be final?

4. What brought both Carlos and don Juan back to their apprenticeships?

5. Who is Carlos to put his trust in, according to don Juan?

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