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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 "Indiscriminately from the Skies".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humans __________ plants when an an immediate use is not obvious for a plant.
(a) Move
(b) Destroy
(c) Test
(d) Eat

2. Who was intended to benefit from the removal of sagebrush from the American West?
(a) Lizards
(b) Birds
(c) Other plant species
(d) Livestock

3. Spraying for the ________ began in the 1950s and resulted in the death of robins.
(a) Fire ants
(b) Dutch Elm Disease
(c) French beetles
(d) Gypsy moth

4. During what war time was the spraying of chemicals made more intense and more widespread?
(a) Vietnam
(b) Civil War
(c) WWI
(d) WWII

5. In the modern world, life does not have the luxury of ________.
(a) Research
(b) Time
(c) Money
(d) Control

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?

2. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.

3. What becomes more numerous when the bird population goes down?

4. The title of this chapter comes from Jean Rostand: "The obligation to endure gives us the right to ___________."

5. The ___________ is strictly a forest insect, which is why people were outraged when residential areas were sprayed to control it.

(see the answer key)

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