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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Animal Speak : Chapter 9, Animal Totems - Not Just Birds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Scots had a fortune telling rhyme which stated that depending on the number of _________ around, certain things would happen.
(a) Gulls.
(b) Crows.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Magpies.

2. What is an ancient symbol for fertility and new birth, according to the book?
(a) Fat.
(b) Egg.
(c) Water.
(d) Ink.

3. When Halcyone threw herself into the ocean because she missed her dead husband so much, the gods were impressed and turned her and her husband into ____________.
(a) Kingfishers.
(b) Gulls.
(c) Kestrels.
(d) Red-tailed hawks.

4. Interesting to note, birds do not run out of ___________. They simply fly into it to get what they need.
(a) Food.
(b) Breath.
(c) Water.
(d) Energy.

5. Some may find it easier to begin to connect with an animal by looking for the most __________ feature of the animal.
(a) Dark colored.
(b) Significant.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way of developing a more intuitive understanding of the language of birds, according to the author?

2. The badger is a _____________ animal, feasting on rabbits, gophers, mice, and squirrels.

3. What distinguishes mammals from other animals is that mammals ________________ and they give birth to live young.

4. _________ are a symbol of rising from the terrestrial world, of being free of the gravity of the mundane world.

5. A pronghorn will signal danger to others by raising the _________ patch on its bottom.

(see the answer key)

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