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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 "And No Birds Sing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1960, in the Klamath/Tule Lake region, agricultural pesticides were collected in the water bodies of a _____________.
(a) Wildlife refuge
(b) Library
(c) Toilet
(d) Swimming pool

2. What is the name for chemicals that mix with other pollutants and substances in the water, producing unidentifiable results?
(a) Sludge
(b) Muck
(c) Trep
(d) Gunk

3. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?
(a) Radiation
(b) Soot
(c) Gamma rays
(d) Arsenic

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

5. What did the earthworms dine on that infected them with DDT?
(a) Soil
(b) Bird droppings
(c) Mulch of elm leaves
(d) Flowers

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.

2. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?

3. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?

4. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?

5. The population of Japanese Beetles in sprayed areas is ______________ .

(see the answer key)

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