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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the cherry tree contribute positively to its environment?
(a) It provides industry with many of the chemicals necessary for paper production.
(b) It provides shaded areas that reduce air conditioning costs.
(c) It provides fruit and cleans both the water and air.
(d) It provides a good source of paper pulp.

3. What structural material did McDonough suggest for the Bedouin houses?
(a) Adobe structures.
(b) Wood and glass structures.
(c) Nylon tents.
(d) Concrete structures.

4. What do the authors mean by a throwaway society?
(a) Government sponsors companies that reduce waste production.
(b) Industry designs products to be recycled.
(c) Volunteers that pick up waste along the highways.
(d) Consumers are accustomed to throwing out the old and buying new.

5. What best explains the cradle to cradle model?
(a) The world has enough resources to support a extremely high birth rate.
(b) Even if things die they can always be replaced with new products.
(c) The natural world is the only place where something old can make something new.
(d) Even when things die they create nutrients for a new life.

6. Which of the following is a true statement?
(a) Soap never needs to contain water,
(b) Beauty products help in seed germination.
(c) Cleaning products make good fertilizers.
(d) Detergents also help keep water clean in natural systems.

7. What model do early nomads follow?
(a) The industrial model.
(b) Cradle to grave.
(c) Monoculture agriculture systems.
(d) Cradle to cradle.

8. How can leather be safely tanned?
(a) With wind-dry technology.
(b) With vegetable tanners.
(c) With UV light tanners.
(d) With plastic resins.

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

10. What is another reason to build using local materials?
(a) It stops exportation of local goods.
(b) It encourages devolution.
(c) It prevents invasive, non-native species from entering the area.
(d) It increases profits for importers.

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

12. How can industry model nature?
(a) By preserving old technologies.
(b) By pushing for new designs that encourage efficiency.
(c) By creating more simplistic designs based on new technology.
(d) By working with the conditions of place and respecting diversity in materials and applications.

13. By what percent has Egypt´s food crops decreased?
(a) 20%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 50%.

14. What happens to agriculture in the Americas?
(a) It creates a system to replenish the soil.
(b) It becomes a system modeled after early nomads.
(c) It becomes an unsustainable design.
(d) It creates new ways to nurture crops.

15. What is meant by an "industrial re-evolution"?
(a) Design products to reflect the diversity in the natural world.
(b) Design products to have a superior technology that does not depend on natural resources.
(c) Design products that to do not depend on the environment or its natural evolution.
(d) Design products to encourage more industrialization.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should homes meet heating, cooling, and power needs?

2. What is meant by the word "devolution"?

3. Why can't many materials be recycled?

4. What technology could a roof top use to lessen energy needs?

5. What is inefficient about most roofs?

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