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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the mother in the social security office berate her daughter?
(a) She stole some money.
(b) She slapped an infant.
(c) She lost her shoes.
(d) She had an accident.

3. From what Indian tribe is Jeannette Armstrong?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Aztec.
(c) Okanagan.
(d) Cherokee.

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

5. Jensen says there is a language older than _______________.
(a) Grenades.
(b) Silence.
(c) Words.
(d) Lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of books were Jensen's family members allowed to read on the Sabbath?

2. What is more important that listening?

3. What does Jensen do for a living?

4. At what university did Jensen teach a creative writing class?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jensen take the two chicks to the coyote tree?

2. Describe a conversation of death.

3. What was Jensen's childhood like?

4. Why does Jensen believe that Jesus was a feminist of sorts?

5. Why does Jensen say that economics textbooks should be written in blood?

6. In what ways does Jensen write in the chapter "The Safety of Metaphor" that the salmon and humans are similar?

7. What does Jensen list as some of the things that human being need?

8. What does Jensen wonder about the ladybug pupae feel?

9. How does Jensen's father rationalize the fact that he beats the members of his family?

10. How does Jensen come to be high jumping?

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