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

2. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.
(a) Chemicals
(b) Possibility
(c) Regulation
(d) Biodiversity

3. For almost every human being on the planet, synthetic pesticides are present in _______ and probably in bodily tissues from the beginning.
(a) Powdered formula
(b) Mother's milk
(c) The placenta
(d) Water

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout earth's history, living things have __________ with their environment but not changed it.

2. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

3. The organic ____________ insecticides like Malathion and parathion are in wide use in 1962, when the book was written.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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