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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. For what reason were the Arawaks exterminated?
(a) They were kind.
(b) They were sick.
(c) They were cruel.
(d) They were unwilling to reproduce.

2. What does Jensen do for a living?
(a) Paints.
(b) Teaches.
(c) Travels.
(d) Writes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jensen enjoy his economics classes?

2. What causes Jensen's dog to die?

3. Where do the Maori people live?

4. What does the Maori word "whenua" mean?

5. How does Jensen say a person should define themselves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Semai resolve their arguments?

3. What dilemma does Jensen say that students face in school?

4. Why does Jensen want to blow up a dam?

5. What does Jensen say is one of the problems with our current economic system?

6. Why does Jensen say that he can provide no scientific verification for conversations between humans and nonhumans?

7. Describe a conversation of death.

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

9. Describe one of the ways in which Jensen says that humans justify their actions even if these actions are cruel or make no sense.

10. How does Jensen come to be high jumping?

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