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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 "Nature Fights Back".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?
(a) People
(b) Insects
(c) Plants
(d) Animals

2. Repeated spraying lead to poisoned environments in which not only are resident creatures killed, but also those that _________ there.
(a) Visiting
(b) Are near to
(c) Were born
(d) Migrate

3. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?
(a) Black birds
(b) White powder
(c) Smog
(d) Insects

4. In 1960, in the Klamath/Tule Lake region, agricultural pesticides were collected in the water bodies of a _____________.
(a) Swimming pool
(b) Toilet
(c) Wildlife refuge
(d) Library

5. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?
(a) Eels
(b) Trout
(c) Guppies
(d) Insects

Short Answer Questions

1. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.

2. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.

3. How long can chemicals remain in the soil to which they are applied?

4. The _________ of Wyoming which supported many animal species were unintentionally killed, leading to massive animal death.

5. _____________ must discern for themselves who is telling the truth.

(see the answer key)

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