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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jensen do with the surveyors' flags?

2. What is it that Jensen believes shows the coyotes gratitude for the duck carcass?

3. What do the geese do after the Gaddys' deaths?

4. In what does Jensen say his economic books should be written?

5. What two things does Jensen indicate are often associated in modern culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Jensen, what is the purpose of silencing?

2. Researchers that experimented with baby monkeys determined who to be the best monsters?

3. Describe a conversation of death.

4. What activities do Jensen's students participate in during his creative writing class and what is the purpose of these activities?

5. How does Jensen interpret his dreams of fishing?

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

7. In what way is high jumping therapeutic for Jensen?

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

9. What is the coyote tree?

10. What is the original meaning of the word "economics?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In several places in the novel, Jensen questions the idea of individual ownership. For instance, when Jensen cleans his barn he wonders if he owns the mice and can do with them as he wishes just because he owns the barn. What is your opinion of this idea of personal ownership? What can be owned and what cannot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the interaction between the Maori Witi and Jensen. What does Witi hope to learn from Jensen? What is he trying to find out?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the idea of silencing as introduced by Jensen in the first chapter of his book. Do you believe he is correct in his interpretation of the way humans behave? Why or why not?

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