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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do materials become in upcycling?
(a) Nutrients for other new materials.
(b) Harmless waste.
(c) Sewage sludge.
(d) Recycled products like paper.

2. The authors present the cherry tree as a good model of what?
(a) Eco-efficiency.
(b) Crude product design.
(c) Cradle to grave design.
(d) Cradle to cradle design.

3. What can we do with materials that cannot be safely recycled?
(a) Save them until we have the technology to recycle them safely.
(b) Use them for other products.
(c) Recycle them, even though they release toxic chemicals.
(d) Break them down into small pieces and dispose of them properly.

4. How does the Menominee tribe use their forest resources?
(a) They take only half of the trees at a time.
(b) They sell a certain number of trees to maintain the rest of the forest.
(c) They don't collect any trees for any reason.
(d) They collect only the weak or sick trees, leaving the healthy trees to grow.

5. In this section what do the authors wish to encourage?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Efficiency.
(d) Evolution.

6. What is critically important to agriculture in Egypt?
(a) Sufficient rain and humidity.
(b) The flooding of the Nile river valley.
(c) Importing fertilizers.
(d) Temperature fluctuations in valley regions.

7. Where is there a positive example of a sewage treatment facility?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) New York City.
(c) London.
(d) Seattle.

8. What do the authors suggest we do about waste from sewage plants?
(a) Empty the sludge into large lakes or the ocean.
(b) Use the sludge as fertilizer for agriculture.
(c) Relocate the sludge to desert areas.
(d) Allow the sludge to remain at the sewage plant.

9. What do the authors suggest as an example of a good sewage treatment plan?
(a) Storing winter sewage until it can be processed in the summer sun in a specially constructed wetland.
(b) Adding chemicals to sewage so that it can become save drinking water.
(c) Saving sewage in recyclable containers until we have the technology to process it.
(d) Removing sewage from the location to an area with fewer inhabitants.

10. How do the Chinese traditionally maintain nutrients to their rice patties?
(a) By recycling plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
(b) By adding their household wastes to the fields.
(c) By damming rivers to dry their fields every winter.
(d) By fertilizing fields every spring.

11. What happens to nutrients when agriculture becomes industrialized?
(a) Nutrients are moved and do not remain local.
(b) Nutrients are efficiently recycled.
(c) Nutrients are replenished naturally in the soil.
(d) Nutrients are never consumed.

12. The authors envision all of the following about a building modeled after the cherry tree, except:
(a) Low ceilings to accommodate for more floors to the building.
(b) Energy efficient insulation.
(c) Windows that provide beautiful views.
(d) Native grasses on the roof.

13. Which product is a good example of something designed for a throwaway society?
(a) Microwaves.
(b) Recycled paper.
(c) Running shoes.
(d) Gold jewelry.

14. Which word best describes the cherry tree model for industrial design?
(a) Cheap.
(b) Nurturing.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Practical.

15. What do most homes use for as a source of power?
(a) Biofuels.
(b) Fossil fuels.
(c) Geothermal energy.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement most accurately reflects the authors' ideas?

2. In the authors' opinion, what should factories do?

3. What do the authors design for Herman Miller?

4. What aspect of a roof is not desirable to human health?

5. How are most manufacturing processes different than the way ants live in the environment?

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