A Language Older Than Words Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Derrick Jensen
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A Language Older Than Words Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Jensen feel when he realizes he can speak to animals and make them understand?
(a) Awed.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Special.

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

5. What does Jensen do to try to keep the coyotes from eating his birds?
(a) Cages the birds.
(b) Buys a gun.
(c) Builds a fence.
(d) Sets traps.

6. Jensen wanted his dogs to stop _____________.
(a) Eating hens.
(b) Chasing the coyotes.
(c) Eating eggs.
(d) Chasing kittens.

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

8. How does Jensen's high jumping coach treat him?
(a) Abusively.
(b) Gently.
(c) Lovingly.
(d) Cruelly.

9. Whom did Jensen's father not beat?
(a) Those who didn't deserve it.
(b) His family.
(c) Those who deserved it.
(d) His wife

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

11. How did William Doherty die?
(a) During a war.
(b) Trying to save birds.
(c) Blowing up a dam.
(d) In a traffic accident.

12. Nollman says that his ___________ seem to become listless when he goes away.
(a) Plants.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Family.

13. What type of tree is the coyote tree?
(a) A pecan tree.
(b) A fir tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) An oak tree.

14. What calls Jensen during the ice storm?
(a) The coyote tree.
(b) The milkman.
(c) His chickens.
(d) The coyotes.

15. What types of books were Jensen's family members allowed to read on the Sabbath?
(a) Books about the Bible or nature.
(b) The Bible or Bible commentaries only.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Any type of books they wanted to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mother in the social security office berate her daughter?

2. What does Jensen indicate is the key to interspecies communication?

3. What causes Jensen's dog to die?

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

5. What is the original meaning of the word economics?

(see the answer keys)

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