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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. To the ancient alchemists, the ___________ was a bird which was a symbol of sublimation.
(a) Magpie.
(b) Meadow gull.
(c) Martin.
(d) Lark.

2. What is one of the bird species which is considered to be an urban success story?
(a) Owl.
(b) Blue pigeon.
(c) Lark.
(d) Hawk.

3. 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.

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

5. What allows the beaver to be such a strong swimmer in the water, according to this book?
(a) Legs.
(b) Arms.
(c) Tail.
(d) Eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the animal to which the author devotes a number of pages, the bird of purification, death and rebirth, and new vision?

2. As a person begins to discover his _________, he may find these animals come to him in dreams or in meditations.

3. Many societies, including the Native Americans, had no word to classify ___________ in previous times.

4. Unlike most birds whose bones are filled with air, the loon's bones are ___________.

5. The feathers of the wren are considered to be fetishes against __________, and it's considered unlucky to kill this bird.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two of the ways in which a person might be able to call an animal totem to himself?

2. What might happen when a person chooses a wilder totem rather than a tamer totem animal?

3. What is one of the reasons why turkey vultures seem to have such odd heads?

4. What does Andrews believe the reason was for the Creator to make the animals of the world?

5. Why is the turkey vulture a bird which is consistently associated with death and with the afterlife?

6. What will help a person begin to see the differences between different species of birds?

7. What are some of the ways in which the astral plane might be described to another person?

8. What does Andrews describe as the cycle of power of an animal? What does he indicate this to mean?

9. What does Andrews say one should do if he has a serious mouse problem at his house?

10. What is the status of the turkey vulture - is it a scavenger or a predator when it's out in the wild?

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