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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the benefactor have to stay with the apprentice when he sees the green fog?
(a) All of these.
(b) The fog is similar to a guardian.
(c) The fog can be dangerous.
(d) The fog might consume the apprentice.

2. What happened when Carlos used his shield?
(a) His ally tossed him aside.
(b) It seemed as though the ally and the sounds were angry.
(c) His ally struck him.
(d) His ally left him, never to return.

3. What was Carlos' irrational fear based on?
(a) The paranoia that the woman was hunting him.
(b) The fear that he was being watched.
(c) The focus on which he had to exert.
(d) The pressure of the need to perform.

4. What is Carlos' main problem?
(a) He insists on putting everything in order, and sometimes things cannot be grouped.
(b) He insists on rationalizing everything,
(c) He insists on explaining everything, and some things cannot be explained.
(d) He insists on understanding everything, and somethings cannot be understood.

5. Out of which eye did the dashes protrude?
(a) There were no dashes of light.
(b) The left.
(c) The right.
(d) The third eye.

6. Where would someone find a spirit that could be an ally?
(a) In remote, inaccessible locations.
(b) In urban, highly accessible locations.
(c) In cities.
(d) In suburban locations.

7. Why does don Juan not hate anyone?
(a) He has become a warrior.
(b) He has learned that all paths in life are equal.
(c) He learned that neither Mexican nor indian is better than the other.
(d) He has learned to forgive his aggressors.

8. What is Carlos chained to?
(a) His ally.
(b) His rationalizations.
(c) His notes.
(d) His reason.

9. Why must a warrior become amicable with his own death?
(a) A warrior must face death to go into battle.
(b) A warrior is always at war.
(c) A warrior faces death every day, sits beside it on his mat.
(d) A warrior constantly faces death while in battle.

10. What did don Juan see when he looked into Carlos?
(a) None of these.
(b) A little girl with a button nose that was crying,
(c) A little boy with a button nose that was crying.
(d) Carlos as a child crying.

11. What kind of bird did she change into?
(a) A falcon.
(b) A blackbird.
(c) A crow.
(d) A hawk.

12. What did don Juan tell Carlos to stop doing?
(a) Looking for the guardian.
(b) Trying to see.
(c) Looking at him.
(d) Standing.

13. What did don Juan say when Carlos had asked where don Genaro was?
(a) That Carlos indulged too much.
(b) That Carlos should give up trying to understand.
(c) That Carlos was uncomfortable.
(d) That Carlos knew where he was.

14. What was the hardest thing for Castaneda to stop doing?
(a) Talking to himself.
(b) Thinking too much.
(c) None of these.
(d) Listening to himself think.

15. What did don Juan say that Carlos was indulging himself in?
(a) His sorrow.
(b) His confusion.
(c) His anger.
(d) Himself,

Short Answer Questions

1. What captivated Carlos' attention?

2. How can a spirit cause the death of a person?

3. How many points are men capable of handling?

4. What was the item that don Juan had told to put inside the witch?

5. What did the second appearance of the ally mean?

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