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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. _____________ must discern for themselves who is telling the truth.
(a) Scientists
(b) Researchers
(c) Media
(d) Citizens

2. What aisle does Carson think is presented as innocuously as the pickle or laundry detergent aisle?
(a) Cleansers
(b) Packaged foods
(c) Insecticide
(d) Produce

3. __________________ is the basis of all life function.
(a) ATP production
(b) Adenosine
(c) Cellular oxidation
(d) Photosynthesis

4. If a robin did not die, it often suffered from __________ as a result of being exposed to DDT.
(a) Sterility
(b) Cancer
(c) Deafness
(d) Blindness

5. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?
(a) Smog
(b) Insects
(c) White powder
(d) Black birds

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the earthworms dine on that infected them with DDT?

3. Large areas of Michigan were sprayed in 1959 in order to try to control what insect?

4. What is not one of the animal species which are bolstered by the inclusion of sagebrush in the West?

5. Individual sensitivity to the various toxic substances is extremely ___________.

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