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

2. What was applied to a large area of Illinois over an 8 year period in order to try to control the Japanese Beetle?
(a) Bitter orange
(b) Dieldrin
(c) DDT
(d) ALdrin

3. ______________ birds have also died as a result of the elm spraying.
(a) Black
(b) Treetop
(c) Blue
(d) Burrowing

4. How was the large population of sagebrush destroyed in the West?
(a) Physical removal
(b) Sprayings
(c) Suffocation
(d) Burning

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the source of the contamination in the eagle population?

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

4. What was infected with chemicals that led to the death of so many robins?

5. Because synthetic pesticides are ______, they can easily poison intended and unintended targets.

(see the answer key)

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