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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Elixirs of Death".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Life is able to adapt to environmental change over _____________, according to Carson.
(a) A year
(b) A few months
(c) A decade
(d) Millennia

2. Toxic substances work to stop the body's natural functions; some of them may cause __________ to begin growing.
(a) Resistance
(b) Cancer cells
(c) Arms
(d) Poisonous reactions

3. Because animals are affected by chemicals, scientists are having a hard time finding uncontaminated animals to serve as _________ in experiments.
(a) Controls
(b) Helpers
(c) Subjects
(d) Examples

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

5. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.
(a) Sunlight
(b) Charcoal
(c) Trees
(d) Bombs

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.

2. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?

3. For almost every human being on the planet, synthetic pesticides are present in _______ and probably in bodily tissues from the beginning.

4. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

5. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?

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