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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Power Practices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Apprentice shamans sometimes report to Harner that they:
(a) Panic during the experience.
(b) See loved ones who have passed on.
(c) Feel a sense of endless falling.
(d) Morph into other forms.

2. What does the Jivaro shaman help Harner acquire?
(a) Spirit helpers.
(b) The ability to see beyond.
(c) Tree guides.
(d) Advanced intuition.

3. In his attempt to find spirit helpers with the assistance of a Jivaro shaman from Ecuador, what does the author do?
(a) He joins Jivaro in an out-of-body ritual.
(b) He spiritually goes to a cave underneath a waterfall.
(c) He calls out to spirit helpers in the rainforest.
(d) He repeats an ancient chant Jivaro teaches him.

4. After a shaman successfully retrieves a patient's power animal from the Lowerworld, what's the next step?
(a) Asking the power animal to swallow the patient.
(b) Placing the animal on the patient's chest.
(c) Having the patient swallow the animal.
(d) Waiting for the animal to befriend the patient.

5. What is the name of the Jivaro shaman Harner works with?
(a) Machu.
(b) Pikachu.
(c) Akachu.
(d) Arechu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Master shamans focus on a triumvirate which is composed of what?

2. What do the Jivaro see in someone who possesses a guardian?

3. After a journey that lasts several days in the jungle with his companions, Harner is taken where?

4. In his guided, step-by-step instructions for a first journey, Harner instructs the aspiring shaman to eat:

5. What do negative big dreams carry, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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