2. 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) Harner has not gone through the necessary rituals.
(c) The tsentak are extremely elusive.
(d) Harner is not an Indian.

3. What is the role of amnesia in a shaman's rituals?
(a) It's always used on patients who've experienced trauma.
(b) It's rarely involved.
(c) It's an essential tool.
(d) It's shunned and never used.

4. Why is Harner afraid to take maikua?
(a) He's heard stories of death and madness that result from taking 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) Nobody has ever taken maikua and lived to tell about it.

5. What does Harner say that middle-class Americans report experiencing on their shamanic attempts?
(a) Colors.
(b) Temperature changes.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Tunnels.

6. Among other sensations in his experience with the Conibo, Harner experiences a sense of flying inside what?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A spaceship.
(c) A zero-gravity orb.
(d) A water well.

7. Harner asserts that shamanism transcends any particular what?
(a) Culture.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Falsehood.
(d) Scholarly assessment.

8. One person who tried Harner's step-by-step guided journey exercise reported bringing back what by accident?
(a) A message for a friend.
(b) A monkey spirit guide.
(c) A healing code.
(d) A beneficial being.

9. Included in the reports from participants of Harner's first guided shamanic exercise are:
(a) Accounts of disappearing momentarily and not being seen by others in the room.
(b) Numerous cases of people experiencing nausea and vertigo.
(c) Suggestions on what to do when encountering an impenetrable obstacle.
(d) Detailed conversations with star people and other extraterrestrials.

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

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

12. After Harner is awakened from his maikua trance, what is he given?
(a) Peaches and grubs.
(b) Pork and mango chutney.
(c) Warm beer and monkey meat.
(d) Warm oolong tea and papaya seeds.

13. In his guided, step-by-step instructions for a first journey, Harner instructs the aspiring shaman to eat:
(a) Lightly.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Only seeds and fruit.

14. What does Harner recommend that the aspiring shaman listen to?
(a) Drumming.
(b) Flowing water.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Birds singing.

15. How old is shamanism estimated to be?
(a) Approximately 12,000 years old.
(b) At least 20,000 to 30,000 years old.
(c) No one can even guess.
(d) Less than 3,000 years old.