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

2. The organic ____________ insecticides like Malathion and parathion are in wide use in 1962, when the book was written.
(a) Arsenic
(b) Boron
(c) Carbon
(d) Phosphorus

3. What becomes more numerous when the bird population goes down?
(a) Earthworms
(b) Animals
(c) Insects
(d) Tree leaves

4. Large areas of Michigan were sprayed in 1959 in order to try to control what insect?
(a) Chinese ladybug
(b) Japanese beetle
(c) Fireflies
(d) Locusts

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Repeated spraying lead to poisoned environments in which not only are resident creatures killed, but also those that _________ there.

2. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.

3. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.

4. Life is able to adapt to environmental change over _____________, according to Carson.

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

(see the answer key)

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