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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What finally kills Jensen's aphids?
(a) Wasps.
(b) Ladybugs.
(c) Cold water.
(d) Insecticides.

3. What activity does Jensen dream that he is doing?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Painting.
(d) Killing coyotes.

4. To what does Jensen compare the urge to destroy?
(a) Poisoned water.
(b) Poisoned meat.
(c) Modern culture.
(d) Human nature.

5. Whom did the judge in the animal abuse case attack?
(a) The newspaper writers.
(b) The police.
(c) The owners of the puppy mill.
(d) The animal activists.

6. What type of pet did Jensen have as a child?
(a) A dog.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A goldfish.
(d) A cat.

7. What motivates Jensen most in his sport.
(a) The joy of jumping.
(b) He is not motivated at all.
(c) The emotional high.
(d) The possibility of winning.

8. According to Jensen, on what belief is the entire culture based?
(a) People are blind.
(b) People are honest.
(c) The earth is alive.
(d) The earth is inanimate.

9. What does Jensen believe is the purpose of compulsory education?
(a) To waste time.
(b) To teach necessary education.
(c) To break the will of the children.
(d) To use taxpayers' money.

10. In what sport does Jensen participate?
(a) High jumping.
(b) Softball.
(c) Handball.
(d) Running.

11. What is more important that listening?
(a) Seeing.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Talking.
(d) Believing.

12. What is it that Jensen believes shows the coyotes gratitude for the duck carcass?
(a) A dead chicken.
(b) Dead wolves.
(c) A new tree.
(d) A pile of poop.

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

14. What does Jensen ultimately believe will happen to the world because of the way humans treat it?
(a) It will be saved.
(b) It will be destroyed.
(c) It will implode.
(d) It will explode.

15. For what sports class did Jensen sign up in school?
(a) High jumping.
(b) Track.
(c) Football.
(d) Handball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jensen's mom suggest to kill his aphid infestation?

2. With what is Lake Coeur d'Alene contaminated?

3. What causes Jensen's dog to die?

4. Whom did Jensen's father not beat?

5. What type of tree did the aphids attack?

(see the answer keys)

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