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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jensen begin doing when he doesn't jump well?
(a) Running away.
(b) Throwing tantrums.
(c) Walking away.
(d) Hitting others.

3. What robotic varmint did scientists at Tokyo University create?
(a) Robo-Rabbit.
(b) Robo-Mouse.
(c) Robo-Roach.
(d) Robo-Rat.

4. What is thought without experience?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Nonsense.
(c) Religion.
(d) Scientific reasoning.

5. What animal cares for the Sand Creek massacre survivors?
(a) Bear.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Cat.
(d) Wolf.

6. What does Jensen do with the surveyors' flags?
(a) Pulls them up.
(b) Moves them.
(c) Plays with them.
(d) Burns them.

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

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

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

10. About what animal does Jensen dream?
(a) Doves.
(b) Eyeglasses.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Pelicans.

11. What does Jensen say that trees do when they are cut down?
(a) Cry.
(b) Whimper.
(c) Scream.
(d) Nothing.

12. What does the Maori word "whenua" mean?
(a) Ownership.
(b) Planet.
(c) Earth.
(d) Soil.

13. What happens after the mice in the barn are killed?
(a) Jensen finds bees in his house.
(b) Jensen finds mice in his house.
(c) Jensen finds mice droppings on his porch.
(d) Jensen finds mice droppings in his bathroom.

14. What does Bruce Stewart suggest as the way for the world to get better?
(a) To serve others.
(b) To grow plants.
(c) To return to old ways.
(d) To help ourselves.

15. What causes Jensen's dog to die?
(a) Coyote.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Old age.
(d) Poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jensen, what does strange things to a person's mind?

2. What types of animals does Jensen raise?

3. What type of tree is the coyote tree?

4. According to Jensen, what do humans do when they fear their needs won't be met?

5. Why does Jensen really go to graduate school?

(see the answer keys)

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