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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "The Other Road".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fire ants' mounds actually serve to ________ the soil, which is a good thing.
(a) Aerate
(b) Protect
(c) Preserve
(d) Water

2. What is not one of the animal species which are bolstered by the inclusion of sagebrush in the West?
(a) Mule deer
(b) Red tailed hawk
(c) Pronghorn antelope
(d) Sage grouse

3. The fish may die some time after spraying as the toxins can be released from ____________.
(a) Rocks
(b) Fat stores
(c) Water
(d) Plants

4. The Earth's soil is a ______________ of living creatures, all interdependent.
(a) Nest
(b) Community
(c) Bed
(d) City

5. What did the fire any not destroy, even though the US government made claims that it did?
(a) Buildings
(b) Money
(c) Trees
(d) Crops

Short Answer Questions

1. Some substances can interact with each other in unpredictable ways, increasing their _____________.

2. The liver can become damaged by the poisons it filters, causing it to become ___________ effective.

3. The long term effects of chemical exposure, per Carson, are easy to ignore as long as they are ___________.

4. ______________ birds have also died as a result of the elm spraying.

5. What is the name of the chemical that changes form once it enters the environment, becoming another more deadly chemical?

(see the answer key)

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