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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. La Gorda becomes angry at being reminded that she is an unbearable _______ -- empty while wanting to be cute.
(a) Sorcerer.
(b) Woman.
(c) Apprentice.
(d) Idiot.

2. La Gorda says that Carlos' body is just beginning to ____________, just as she is having the same experience.
(a) Awaken.
(b) Die.
(c) Remember.
(d) Wither.

3. Who is certain that Don Juan and Don Genaro are close by, though this person cannot see them?
(a) La Gorda.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Carlos.

4. Why does Carlos begin to realize what he needs to do within the dream he continues to have?
(a) He doesn't find out what he needs to do.
(b) A voice tells him.
(c) He finds a note.
(d) It continues to recur.

5. Who is NOT one of the Genaros with whom Carlos is reunited in this story as told in the book?
(a) Benigno.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Jose.
(d) Pablito.

6. As a result of working with the tiger in the dream, Carlos begins to feel more ______________.
(a) Muscular.
(b) Tiger-like.
(c) Tired.
(d) Impressive.

7. What is NOT one of the tasks which the apprentices might have to do when they are dreaming?
(a) Building.
(b) Killing.
(c) Curing.
(d) Predicting.

8. La Gorda insists they have lived in that house while on the ________ side, so this should have given them power.
(a) Back.
(b) Right.
(c) Left.
(d) Front.

9. Who is the character who needs to move back and forth between two areas - Los Angeles and Mexico?
(a) Pablito.
(b) La Gorda.
(c) Anne.
(d) Carlos.

10. Which of the apprentices is the only one in a good mood, according to the way the story is told?
(a) La Gorda.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Carlos.

11. The common task of La Gorda and Carlos is the ______________, which is where they can be on the same level.
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Experiencing.
(d) Remembering.

12. Pablito shares with the groups that the _________ are gigantic 'not doings' which is where warriors dream and use second attention.
(a) Pyramids.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Tunnels.
(d) Bath houses.

13. Which of the apprentices decides to run away to Tula in order to die, though Carlos will not let him?
(a) Jose.
(b) Pablito.
(c) Nestor.
(d) Terrence.

14. Name one of the apprentices who is supposed to be the heart of the rattlesnake coupling.
(a) Carlos.
(b) Rosa.
(c) La Gorda.
(d) Nestor.

15. ___________ allows that Carlos may not have been trying to hurt anyone, but he might be an unwilling envoy.
(a) Lydia.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Rosa.
(d) La Gorda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos realizes that he has learned to turn off his _________ and he believes that La Gorda is the catalyst.

2. La Gorda feels that dreaming together with Carlos will be a __________ since they have already done it together.

3. Don Juan orders Carlos to learn by interacting with __________ to face life's trying situations.

4. Which person, out of duty, decides to act as if nothing is wrong with the situation?

5. Another name for second attention is the ____________ of consciousness, according to Don Juan and to La Gorda.

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