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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coercion; Honeybees; and A Turning Over.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jensen ask the coyotes not to do?
(a) Poop in his yard.
(b) Go to the coyote tree.
(c) Kill his kittens.
(d) Kill his chickens.

2. Which Maori interrogates Jensen?
(a) Bruce Stewart.
(b) Jeannette Armstrong.
(c) The poet.
(d) Witi.

3. What does Jensen indicate is the key to interspecies communication?
(a) Opening one's mind.
(b) Getting on their level.
(c) Learning the other species' language.
(d) Believing that it is possible.

4. What does Jensen say is the best thing that happened to him at the School of Mines?
(a) He got away from his father.
(b) He got an education.
(c) He met his wife.
(d) He began to fall apart.

5. What did Jensen's father say after he had beat someone?
(a) "I love you."
(b) "I'm sorry."
(c) "You deserved it."
(d) "I hate you."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jensen feel when he realizes he can speak to animals and make them understand?

2. What type of pet did Jensen have as a child?

3. What does Jensen do to try to keep the coyotes from eating his birds?

4. What did Ruth Benedict identify as a differentiating factor for "bad" cultures?

5. How does the construction going on near Jensen's home make him feel?

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