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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Plants Respond; and Death and Awakening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of tree did the aphids attack?
(a) A maple.
(b) A mimosa.
(c) An oak.
(d) A fir.

2. What did Ruth Benedict identify as a differentiating factor for "bad" cultures?
(a) Geography.
(b) Reward of actions that emphasize personal gain.
(c) Presence of polygamy.
(d) Wealth.

3. What does Jensen's nine-year-old friend notice that Jensen didn't?
(a) The aphids.
(b) The ladybugs.
(c) The bees.
(d) The purple berries on the bush.

4. Why does Jensen not blow up the dams?
(a) He has no dynamite.
(b) He doesn't know how to.
(c) He can't get to the dam.
(d) He is too frightened.

5. Why did Jensen not go to the hospital with his Crohn's?
(a) He had no insurance.
(b) Doctors denied he was sick.
(c) He didn't believe in doctors.
(d) He couldn't drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jensen ultimately believe will happen to the world because of the way humans treat it?

2. Whom did the judge in the animal abuse case attack?

3. What does Jensen indicate is the key to interspecies communication?

4. What motivates Jensen most in his sport.

5. Why does Jensen write that he stopped wearing the traditional bee working safety equipment?

(see the answer key)

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