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

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

3. Humankind is producing new ________ in the laboratory, though these used to be limited only to nature's actions.
(a) DNA
(b) Chemicals
(c) Wastes
(d) Plants

4. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.
(a) Can
(b) Does
(c) Will
(d) Does not

5. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?
(a) Humans
(b) Scientists
(c) Bees
(d) Hummingbirds

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.

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

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

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

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