1. Shaman's do not challenge the validity of someone else's what?
(a) Claims of being a shaman.
(b) Drug addiction.
(c) Healing methods.
(d) Authentic first-hand experience.

2. Harner claims that when he shared his vision of dragon-like creatures that appeared from outer space with another shaman, that person:
(a) Did not understand the significance of the creatures.
(b) Warned Harner to stay away from the creatures.
(c) Explained the creatures represent suppressed desires.
(d) Immediately recognized the creatures.

3. According to the author, who has a guardian spirit, whether recognized or not?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Shamans.
(c) Curanderos.
(d) Leaders.

4. 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?
(a) The symbolic act of expelling the ordinary form is part of the ritual rather than the actual act that removes the intruder spirit.
(b) The family should not know what is happening to the patient without the patient's explicit permission.
(c) It will frighten the family, and this fear will work against the energies applied by the shaman.
(d) The physical manifestation that has infected the patient will read the family's thoughts, rendering the cure useless.

5. A shaman might enter a shamanic state of consciousness to bring back messages for whom?
(a) Doctors treating a patient.
(b) A patient's loved ones.
(c) A patient in ordinary reality.
(d) Non-traditional doctors in ordinary reality.