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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the geese do after the Gaddys' deaths?
(a) Stay at the refuge year round.
(b) Stop going to the refuge.
(c) Continue to visit the refuge.
(d) Keep watch over the graves.

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

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

4. What was in Jensen's yard originally?
(a) Kentucky Bluegrass.
(b) Dead trees.
(c) A flower garden.
(d) Only dirt.

5. With what is Lake Coeur d'Alene contaminated?
(a) Pharmaceuticals.
(b) Plastic bottles.
(c) Oil.
(d) Heavy metals.

6. Why does Jensen really go to graduate school?
(a) To learn economics.
(b) To continue high jumping.
(c) To keep from having to go to work.
(d) To further his education.

7. What does Jensen list as one of the weapons used against the aboriginal people?
(a) Bow and arrow.
(b) Guns.
(c) The press.
(d) The penis.

8. According to Jensen, what do humans do when they fear their needs won't be met?
(a) Get angry.
(b) Make demands.
(c) Become silent.
(d) Become more determined.

9. In what subject did Jensen major in graduate school?
(a) Economics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Science.
(d) Literature.

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

11. By what means does Jensen not get the meat that he eats?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Raising.
(d) Buying.

12. How did Jensen teach his creative writing class?
(a) Through the internet.
(b) In a nonlinear fashion.
(c) Through lectures only.
(d) In a linear fashion.

13. What is the essence of silencing?
(a) The misuse of language.
(b) The inability to remember.
(c) The willingness to forget.
(d) The loss of language.

14. Who was Jensen's hero as a child?
(a) Lawrence of Arabia.
(b) The president.
(c) Superman.
(d) His father.

15. In the chapter "Taking A Life" what animal always seems to be getting shafted?
(a) The kittens.
(b) The dogs.
(c) The chickens.
(d) The coyotes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Jensen say his economic books should be written?

2. What does Jensen say is the best thing that happened to him at the School of Mines?

3. In what sport does Jensen participate?

4. What type of tree did the aphids attack?

5. What did Bruce Stewart feel for his mother because of his school experience?

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