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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.
(a) Trees
(b) Charcoal
(c) Sunlight
(d) Bombs

2. There is a widespread, critical shortage of ____________ across the globe.
(a) Water treatment
(b) Filters
(c) Rain
(d) Fresh water

3. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.
(a) Stones
(b) Wildflowers
(c) Birds
(d) Soil

4. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?
(a) Pebbles
(b) Birds
(c) Cats
(d) Lakes

5. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.
(a) Does
(b) Can
(c) Does not
(d) Will

6. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.
(a) At risk
(b) Separate
(c) Dirty
(d) Connected

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

8. Without the Earth's ________, there could be no plants.
(a) Soil
(b) Water
(c) Human help
(d) Light

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

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

11. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?
(a) Eels
(b) Insects
(c) Guppies
(d) Trout

12. In many cases, the spraying is killing wildflowers which attract ___________.
(a) Animals
(b) Insects
(c) Tourists
(d) Water

13. Every human being now has contact with _________ every moment of his life - even from conception.
(a) Dangerous chemicals
(b) Insects
(c) Nature
(d) Pests

14. What is not usable for drinking, irrigation, or industry?
(a) Lake water
(b) Stream water
(c) Frozen water
(d) Seawater

15. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.
(a) Pest control
(b) War
(c) Pharmaceuticals
(d) Experimentation

Short Answer Questions

1. Plants and animals specifically ________ to live in whatever their environments are.

2. Humans __________ plants when an an immediate use is not obvious for a plant.

3. How was the large population of sagebrush destroyed in the West?

4. This kind of vegetable absorbs huge levels of poisons, which would have harmed humans if they had eaten the produce.

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

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