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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. When does Jensen say that his conversation with the coyotes began?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1996.

2. Who gave the Cheyenne leader a United States flag?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Jeannette Armstrong.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Jensen.

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

4. What types of animals does Jensen raise?
(a) Dairy cattle.
(b) Chickens and ducks.
(c) Sheep and goats.
(d) Beef cattle.

5. How did Jensen teach his creative writing class?
(a) Through lectures only.
(b) In a linear fashion.
(c) In a nonlinear fashion.
(d) Through the internet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jensen say saved his life as a child?

2. What is the essence of silencing?

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

4. Who teaches Jensen's handball class?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jensen write that current culture presupposes?

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

3. Why does Jensen not believe that General Norman Schwarzkopf should be considered a hero?

4. According to Jensen, what is the role of heroes?

5. What was Jensen's childhood like?

6. What happens when Jensen tries to wall off the pain from his foot while jumping?

7. Describe a conversation of death.

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

9. Why did the newspaper journalists believe that the Yanomame Indians were stupid?

10. What does one of Jensen's scientific friends tell Jensen that would have to happen for her to believe that communication between species actually took place?

(see the answer keys)

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