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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Animal Speak : Chapter 8, Animal Rites Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a word applied to relics, rosaries, and images thought to possess magical qualities?
(a) Fetish.
(b) Baubles.
(c) Trinkets.
(d) Blessings.

2. The more a person is able to align with the totem and to create his own __________, the easier it will be to understand what it is saying.
(a) Resonance.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Peace.
(d) Language.

3. Some people use ___________ to help them perform animal rites, without causing unnecessary harm.
(a) Stuffed animals.
(b) Alive animals.
(c) Roadkill.
(d) Zoos.

4. Many societies, including the Native Americans, had no word to classify ___________ in previous times.
(a) Birds.
(b) Fish.
(c) Animals.
(d) Humans.

5. The author points out that while people feel 'ritual' is a scary word, we all have personal _________ associated with every human expression.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Rites.
(c) Sacrifices.
(d) Truths.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Native American tradition, the woodpecker is a bird connected with the ___________ of the Earth itself.

2. ________ restore our childlike wonder in the world, the lost belief in magic, dreams, and possibilities.

3. __________ have long been a source of spiritual insight and they can help you in the understanding in the spiritual significance of the totem.

4. The __________ of the woodpecker are what help it to hold itself upright when it is pecking at wood.

5. In the Greek tradition, the vulture is thought to be descended from the __________, a mythical creature.

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