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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Respect Diversity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some people make with old tires in Africa?
(a) More tires.
(b) Plastic bottle for export.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Traditional medicines.

2. Why are car parts difficult to recycle?
(a) It is very difficult to melt down steel.
(b) The body parts have many toxic chemicals that are dangerous in the recycling process.
(c) It is difficult to separate paint from car body parts, so it is impossible to recover the steel.
(d) It is almost impossible to disassemble the body parts.

3. Where does Bill go to study?
(a) New York.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Israel.
(d) Jordan.

4. Which statement below would be a good title for this section of the book?
(a) How to use the environment for the benefit of business.
(b) How to make more efficient energy.
(c) How to employ happy workers.
(d) How to make successful designs for the Earth and its people.

5. Why does Michael tether himself to the smoke stacks at Ciba-Geigy?
(a) To protest the fur industry and the use of chemicals on animals.
(b) To bring attention to a chemical spill caused by the company, Ciba-Geigy.
(c) To compete his experiment on the effects of toxic waste on the human body.
(d) To blame consumers for the large amount of toxins in the environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What material can be used to create a well-designed roof?

2. What is a positive change that occurs during the Industrial Revolution?

3. What is inspiring about cherry trees to the authors?

4. Why is the Titanic a good metaphor for the industrial age?

5. What has been the result of more and more efficient factories?

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