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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hummingbirds know how to use ________ for healing and they are the smallest of all of the birds.

3. The author points out that while people feel 'ritual' is a scary word, we all have personal _________ associated with every human expression.

4. In the Hebrew alphabet, the letter 'shin' is given the numerical value of _______, which is how many species of hummingbirds exist.

5. In Chaldea, the goddess of _________ was pictured as riding on an ass in the stories which are told.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Andrews say is the 'keynote' for the grackle bird when he describes it in this book?

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 are some of the qualities of the duck that Andrews shares with the reader?

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

6. What happens during the house cat's cycle of power, according to the author?

7. What does Andrews point out about the differentiation between animals and humans in the modern world?

8. While some might call domestic horses 'broken,' what is the other explanation that some have for these horses?

9. Why does Andrews believe the vulture to be a patient hunter? What qualities does the vulture have?

10. What does Andrews say is the uncanny ability of the bobcat as an animal totem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andrews points out that people also need to learn how to relax in relation to their lives so that they may find messages around them.

Part 1: Do you think relaxing is the only way for a person to connect to the environment around them?

Part 2: How do you attempt to connect to the environment around you? Or don't you?

Part 3: Do you feel that relaxing is an easy task to accomplish? What obstacles might be in your way?

Essay Topic 2

Andrews points out that it doesn't necessarily matter why a person is drawn to one animal or another.

Part 1: Why might a person be drawn to one animal rather than another in their lives?

Part 2: How do you think a person's affection for certain animals changes over their life time?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible to be drawn to many animals over the course of one's life?

Essay Topic 3

A fetish is a talisman in which a person can focus his or her power for personal transformation.

Part 1: Do you have any personal talismans that you use right now? What are they?

Part 2: Do you agree that you can focus personal power into an inanimate object? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think a person infuses power into an object? How might you do this?

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