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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A person will want to take the feathers out from time to time to breathe on them, helping to _________ them.
(a) Introduce.
(b) Energize.
(c) Move.
(d) Wet.

2. On what holiday was it once thought that seeing certain birds would foretell the partner a woman would choose?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Thanksgiving.

3. The most important way to begin to cultivate the tool of animal speak is to make sure the person is ___________ himself with nature.
(a) Aligning.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Cleaning.

4. Who spoke to spirits and gods through oracles, according to Andrews' research and findings?
(a) Russians.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Bushmen.

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 While the book is now a bit older and possibly out of date in some details, it notes that there are about __________ different kinds of birds of prey.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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the study of the interaction between living things and their environments, according to the book?

2. ___________ often contain many lessons associated with community and learning to live with variety, flexibility, and adaptability.

3. The voice of the dove is the ________ song, invoking the new waters of life and reminding all that new life is possible.

4. What is the most deadly enemy of the crow, according to this book and the author's findings?

5. Before a person can begin to work with a bird totem, he needs to ask ________ questions and the author has these listed.

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the totem relationship different from other relationships to animals in one's life?

2. Give some examples in which attributes of an animal might be given to a human via description.

3. What is the reason for finding a bunch of feathers all at once, as the author explains to the reader?

4. Is it necessary to have a strong reason for looking up an animal within this book?

5. What are some of the attributes of the pigeon, as Andrews includes in this opening section's examples?

6. What does the author say that the tail feathers of a bird might be used for when they are flying?

7. What are the qualities of squirrels and raccoons which can be attributed to humans as well?

8. How can a person know that the behaviors of a specific animal are representative of the entire species?

9. What is the main concern with the idea of the faerie realm, according to the author, which is why he brings it up?

10. Why does the location of the animal in the world matter to the interpretation of the totem animal?

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