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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carlos feels as though he is _____________ when he is held by force by the gaze of the other in the mirror.
(a) Dying.
(b) Withering.
(c) Flying.
(d) Laughing.

2. Carlos needs to be in a state of _____________ awareness when he is learning with Don Juan.
(a) Blank.
(b) Heightened.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Honest.

3. It is useless, according to __________, to single out the Yaquis when the conditions of men in general is hell.
(a) Don Genaro.
(b) La Catalina.
(c) Don Juan.
(d) La Gorda.

4. When a person begins movements to the ___________ as they shift their assemblage point, they can become seers.
(a) Songs.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Darkness.

5. When the ___________ does not return to its usual position this can cause a person to begin to go crazy.
(a) Lesson.
(b) Assemblage point.
(c) Human body.
(d) Dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos sees a ___________ and wants to run, but Don Juan and Don Genaro stop him before he can do so.

2. What is the indescribable force which is the source of all sentient beings, according to the teachings of Don Juan?

3. What is NOT one of the three facets of knowledge one must have in order to be a seer?

4. Don Juan tells Carlos that the deepest learning will come during the period of ______________.

5. What happened when Don Juan was working with his mirror? What did the ally do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Juan believe the reason for the existence of sentient beings actually is, and the narrator does not argue the point?

2. Why was Don Juan sent to the boss' house when he is working at a sugar mill as a young man?

3. How does Don Genaro help to spur on Carlos into a heightened state of awareness?

4. Why does Carlos become suspicious of Don Juan and Don Genaro as they are sitting together?

5. Why does Don Juan believe that it is useless to single out the oppression of the Yaqui tribe?

6. What does Carlos learn about the seer and the Eagle's emanations right before he falls asleep?

7. What is revealed about his teachers to Carlos when he is in his left side awareness?

8. What does Don Juan reveal about the Toltecs and how some of them lost their knowledge?

9. What does Don Genaro find humorous about the various side of the narrator when they are all sitting at Don Genaro's house?

10. What does Don Juan want to use the mirror for in the exercise with Carlos down by the river?

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