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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what sport does Jensen participate?
(a) Softball.
(b) Handball.
(c) High jumping.
(d) Running.
2. What did Jensen's father say after he had beat someone?
(a) "I'm sorry."
(b) "I love you."
(c) "I hate you."
(d) "You deserved it."
3. What is the essence of silencing?
(a) The loss of language.
(b) The misuse of language.
(c) The inability to remember.
(d) The willingness to forget.
4. What does Bruce Stewart suggest as the way for the world to get better?
(a) To help ourselves.
(b) To return to old ways.
(c) To serve others.
(d) To grow plants.
5. Which Maori interrogates Jensen?
(a) Bruce Stewart.
(b) The poet.
(c) Jeannette Armstrong.
(d) Witi.
6. What does the Maori word "whenua" mean?
(a) Ownership.
(b) Soil.
(c) Earth.
(d) Planet.
7. When does Jensen say that his conversation with the coyotes began?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1996.
8. What does Jensen do with the surveyors' flags?
(a) Pulls them up.
(b) Moves them.
(c) Plays with them.
(d) Burns them.
9. What did Bruce Stewart feel for his mother because of his school experience?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Pride.
(c) Shame.
(d) Love.
10. 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 implode.
(c) It will explode.
(d) It will be destroyed.
11. What is the original meaning of the word economics?
(a) Science of finance.
(b) Management of money.
(c) Science of household management.
(d) Study of stocks and bonds.
12. What device does Jensen say determines our view of surrounding circumstances?
(a) Cultural binoculars.
(b) Cultural blinders.
(c) Cultural eyeglasses.
(d) Cultural press.
13. Who gave the Cheyenne leader a United States flag?
(a) Jensen.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Jeannette Armstrong.
(d) George Washington.
14. How did William Doherty die?
(a) Trying to save birds.
(b) Blowing up a dam.
(c) During a war.
(d) In a traffic accident.
15. For what reason were the Arawaks exterminated?
(a) They were cruel.
(b) They were sick.
(c) They were kind.
(d) They were unwilling to reproduce.
Short Answer Questions
1. What activity does Jensen dream that he is doing?
2. What does Jensen ask the coyotes not to do?
3. Jensen says there is a language older than _______________.
4. What motivates Jensen most in his sport.
5. At what university did Jensen teach a creative writing class?
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