Silent Spring | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1 "A Fable for Tomorrow"

1. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.

2. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.

3. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.

4. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?

5. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?

6. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?

7. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?

8. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?