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

2. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.
(a) The same place
(b) Harmony
(c) Misery
(d) Conflict

3. How long can chemicals remain in the soil to which they are applied?
(a) 12 years
(b) A few days
(c) 1 year
(d) 1 month

4. Every human being now has contact with _________ every moment of his life - even from conception.
(a) Insects
(b) Dangerous chemicals
(c) Nature
(d) Pests

5. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.
(a) Birch
(b) Palm
(c) Pine
(d) Maple

Short Answer Questions

1. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?

2. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?

3. DDT is passed long through the ___________ during the course of nearly everyone's life.

4. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?

5. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?

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