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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. When a power animal becomes human through a magical transformation, the animal becomes what for the shaman?
(a) The deliverer.
(b) The messenger.
(c) The truth.
(d) The alter ego.

2. In what form will an apprentice shaman see an animal upon entering Lowerworld during the power restoration exercise?
(a) Always as a totem or charm.
(b) Either living or made of stone, wood, or another substance.
(c) In a hunting stance.
(d) A nearly transparent form.

3. Does a guardian spirit have the freedom to leave or stay at will?
(a) Only at night.
(b) Yes.
(c) It depends on the type of spirit.
(d) No.

4. Particularly during the Inquisition, many Christian church leaders considered animal transformation to be what?
(a) Sorcery.
(b) Harmless.
(c) Empowering.
(d) Laughable.

5. In Harner's power restoration exercise for apprentice shamans, he instructs the participant to use the drumbeat as what?
(a) The lifeline to reality.
(b) The spiritual canoe.
(c) The simulated heartbeat.
(d) The spirit guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the apprentice shaman emerges from the tunnel and enters Lowerworld, what animal does Harner say the participant will never see?

2. When a shaman delivers the spirit of a power animal into the patient, he or she also:

3. What do anthropologists refer to as divination?

4. According to Jivaro tradition, a shaman must seek out a guardian spirit how often?

5. Why must a shaman not send power directly to the patient?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the bone game?

2. What is a vision quest?

3. What might a restless or shocked power animal do?

4. In the power restoration exercise presented to the reader in Chapter 5, what typically happens when the participant goes through the tunnel and reaches the Lowerworld?

5. Why should a shaman avoid trying to heal when he or she is feeling dis-spirited?

6. How do the Jivaro know if a person has or doesn't have a guardian animal spirit?

7. How did Essie Parrish, a California Pomo Indian, acquire her first power song?

8. Describe what Harner refers to as the "Calling The Beasts" ritual.

9. How does a shaman obtain a power song needed to retrieve a power animal?

10. Describe what the author says about being able to restore power to a patient from a distance.

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