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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens if the blind lizard does not return to Castaneda?
(a) He lacks a guide and must stop forever.
(b) He has to kill Matus.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He must find a new ally

2. Matus begins to talk about smoke as an ___________ during his third year with Castaneda.
(a) Enigma.
(b) Ally.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Adversary.

3. During which cycle of collecting ingredients for the smoking mixture is Castaneda the only one involved in the process?
(a) Second.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

4. Castaneda believes Matus is trying to create doubt in his mind about his ____________.
(a) Growth.
(b) Direction.
(c) Identity.
(d) Visions.

5. What would have happened to Castaneda had he moved from his beneficial spot on the porch?
(a) He would have won the battle.
(b) His soul would have been taken away for good.
(c) Matus isn't sure.
(d) Nothing.

6. The _________ is like a woman, flatters men, setting traps, and making him rub the paste on his forehead.
(a) Wind.
(b) Weed.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Lizard.

7. Castaneda's vision tells him to return where to think about his plan to escape?
(a) Canyon.
(b) Truck.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Porch.

8. Castaneda is having troubles letting go of shallow states of non-ordinary ____________.
(a) Movements.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Reality.
(d) Consciousness.

9. What is the name for the four day peyote ceremony that Castaneda does with Matus' help?
(a) Petote.
(b) Peyoti.
(c) Mitote.
(d) Peyotee.

10. What kind of animal has Castaneda's head turned into?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Bear.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Crow.

11. What gives Castaneda the strength to run back to the group and to embrace them on his last night?
(a) The water.
(b) The light.
(c) A song.
(d) The lizard.

12. The smoke, says Matus, deals in ________ while the weed flatters and makes one feel good.
(a) Darkness.
(b) Noble power.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Real truth.

13. Where is the gray jelly left hanging from over the course of two days while the second portion is prepared?
(a) The shower curtain.
(b) The door.
(c) The plant.
(d) The roof.

14. Crows see one another as _____ rather than seeing each other as black.
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Silvery.
(d) Light.

15. _________ is not moody or petty, so the order of collection is unimportant, but the mixture must be exact.
(a) Truth.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matus dismisses Castaneda's idea that he has reached a ____________.

2. To whom can Castaneda sing songs in order to keep himself company?

3. What does Castaneda feel like doing when he goes to where his plant is?

4. What does Matus mix with the plant parts, just as his benefactor had him do?

5. Castaneda believes he has succumbed to the first enemy of man of ____________.

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