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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During this encounter Carlos becomes aware that he is viewing the scene in the house from the ______.
(a) Window.
(b) Roof.
(c) Floor.
(d) Ceiling.

2. Soledad was instructed by Don Juan to give Carlos a message, should he prevail, telling him that he was now _______.
(a) The mescalito.
(b) The leader.
(c) The tonal.
(d) The Nagual.

3. Castaneda refers to Josefina's ability to disguise herself as being a form of ______ that she is practicing.
(a) Stalking.
(b) Seeing.
(c) Attacking.
(d) Dreaming.

4. When Carlos asks how he might be able to cure Soledad of her sickness, he is told to use his _______.
(a) Shadow.
(b) Hand.
(c) Mescalito.
(d) Double.

5. La Gorda was finally saved when ______ found her and took her in to his carpentry shop. There she started doing laundry.
(a) Eligio.
(b) Benigno.
(c) Pablito.
(d) Nestor.

6. At the opening of the chapter Carlos is accused of having stolen Soledad's _______ during their encounter.
(a) Soul.
(b) Dog.
(c) Power.
(d) Plant.

7. Using her _______, La Gorda climbs atop Carlos so that they appear to be one tall creature in order to escape the allies.
(a) Shawl.
(b) Dress.
(c) Flying ability.
(d) Red fibers.

8. Carlos heard a dry _____ at the base of his neck and he was able to extricate himself from Soledad.
(a) Thunk.
(b) Thud.
(c) Crack.
(d) Swish.

9. Lidia stated that, in terms of the four sisters, ______ was the boss and the nagual himself had put her in command.
(a) La Gorda.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Soledad.

10. When Carlos begins to talk to La Gorda, he becomes upset and _______.
(a) Starts shouting.
(b) Leaves the house.
(c) Starts throwing things.
(d) Hands out the packages he brought.

11. Rosa tells Carlos that Josefina's child has been around for a while and that he is _______ child.
(a) Don Juan's.
(b) Don Genaro's.
(c) Nestor's.
(d) Carlos'

12. The 'stick' that Carlos saw when he was attacked was in reality a ______ with which one of the girls attacked him.
(a) Dream foot.
(b) Dream stick.
(c) Dream sword.
(d) Dream hand.

13. Carlos was Don Juan's second apprentice. Shortly after Carlos, came the apprentice _______ who was tortured by a chick following her around.
(a) Lidia.
(b) Soledad.
(c) Josefina.
(d) La Gorda.

14. ________ runs out to greet him and Carlos is unnerved because she is running too fast and nimbly for an old woman.
(a) Dona Lidia.
(b) Dona Eligio.
(c) Dona Gorda.
(d) Dona Soledad.

15. La Gorda reveals to Carlos that she alone knows the location of ______. Carlos then demands that she tell him.
(a) Don Juan and Benigno.
(b) Don Juan and Pablito.
(c) Don Juan and Nestor.
(d) Don Juan and Genaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ was Don Juan's first apprentice and she was found half dead in a house.

2. Pablito rescued Elena, also known as _______ from a life of poverty and sets her up doing laundry.

3. The three women contrived to attack Carlos. _______ began nibbling at his side while he was lying on the floor.

4. In addition to having no teeth and an ugly, old, smelly body ______ also seemed to have some kind of facial paralysis.

5. When she first faces the little sisters, Carlos is drawn to the way La Gorda holds her hands over her _______.

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