1. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?
(a) Finding tsentak is an advanced shamanic practice.
(b) The tsentak are extremely elusive.
(c) Harner has not gone through the necessary rituals.
(d) Harner is not an Indian.

2. To learn more about shamanism, what does Harner do?
(a) Asks the oldest shaman in the world to mentor him.
(b) Enrolls in a class on shamanism at his community college.
(c) Lives among tribal people to learn their shamanic ways.
(d) Assembles a team of seven shamans from every corner of the world.

3. With the help of spirit helpers and two tsentak inside his mouth, the shaman can help the patient by:
(a) Vomiting out the intruder.
(b) Frightening the intruder out.
(c) Smoking out the intruder.
(d) Swallowing the intruder.

4. Why is Harner afraid to take maikua?
(a) Nobody has ever taken maikua and lived to tell about it.
(b) Its bitterness leaves his mouth dry and burns his throat.
(c) It is a poison that affects the liver and impairs eyesight.
(d) He's heard stories of death and madness that result from taking it.

5. What is a shaman able to do to restore health in a person with the assistance of appropriate spirit helpers?
(a) Increase positive messages entering the mind through the whispers of spirit helpers.
(b) Remove pockets of dark energy stuck inside the patient's blood vessels.
(c) Suck negative magical darts from a patient's body.
(d) Channel energy from healing realms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harner say it's important that the shaman does not tell the patient's family that he already has the ordinary form of the spirit in his mouth?

2. The author emphasizes that not all tribes use what in their shamanic practices?

3. What does the author encounter when he drinks maikua?

4. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?

5. What is the name of the Jivaro shaman Harner works with?

(see the answer key)

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