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

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

3. What is not produced as a result of not having the pollination process continue?
(a) Leaves
(b) Air
(c) Stones
(d) Fruit

4. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.
(a) War
(b) Pest control
(c) Pharmaceuticals
(d) Experimentation

5. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?
(a) Waves
(b) Fish population
(c) Migratory birds
(d) Changing leaves

Short Answer Questions

1. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.

2. Toxic substances work to stop the body's natural functions; some of them may cause __________ to begin growing.

3. What is contaminated with DDT so that it ends up affecting a human consumer of eggs?

4. Humankind is producing new ________ in the laboratory, though these used to be limited only to nature's actions.

5. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

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