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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. What distinguishes mammals from other animals is that mammals ________________ and they give birth to live young.
(a) Eat plants.
(b) Breathe air.
(c) Eat eggs.
(d) Think.

2. In the Hebrew alphabet, the letter 'shin' is given the numerical value of _______, which is how many species of hummingbirds exist.
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 250.

3. While the book is now a bit older and possibly out of date in some details, it notes that there are about __________ different kinds of birds of prey.
(a) 100.
(b) 420.
(c) 75.
(d) 256.

4. In Chaldea, the goddess of _________ was pictured as riding on an ass in the stories which are told.
(a) Death.
(b) Food.
(c) Humility.
(d) Water.

5. What is one way of developing a more intuitive understanding of the language of birds, according to the author?
(a) Museum trips.
(b) Songs.
(c) Divination.
(d) Walks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of their system of communication, gulls are good teachers of how to talk with and to read _____________.

2. Interesting to note, birds do not run out of ___________. They simply fly into it to get what they need.

3. What is the bird which is the smallest member of the falcon family, the bird associated with mental speed, ability, and grace?

4. The Scots had a fortune telling rhyme which stated that depending on the number of _________ around, certain things would happen.

5. Which pheasant-like bird is associated with sacred drumming and dancing, as written in its keynote?

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