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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the chemicals used in the massive spraying in #78?
(a) DDT
(b) Aldrin
(c) Bitter orange
(d) Melatonin

2. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?
(a) They become ill
(b) They disappear
(c) They have green spots on their faces
(d) They begin to hurt each other

3. Repeated spraying lead to poisoned environments in which not only are resident creatures killed, but also those that _________ there.
(a) Were born
(b) Are near to
(c) Visiting
(d) Migrate

4. Spraying for the ________ began in the 1950s and resulted in the death of robins.
(a) Gypsy moth
(b) French beetles
(c) Fire ants
(d) Dutch Elm Disease

5. Attempts to control a particular ________ in Clear Lake, California resulted in massive bird death.
(a) Bird
(b) Fish
(c) Spider
(d) Gnat

6. The Earth itself is ________ only as long as the creatures within it are.
(a) Useful
(b) Healthy
(c) Clean
(d) Promising

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

8. What was the source of the contamination in the eagle population?
(a) Nests
(b) Fish
(c) Trees
(d) Other birds

9. Due to pollution in its environment, this kind of bird has suffered from extensive population reduction and sterility issues.
(a) Hummingbird
(b) Eagle
(c) Hawk
(d) Buzzard

10. In the modern world, life does not have the luxury of ________.
(a) Research
(b) Control
(c) Money
(d) Time

11. The population of Japanese Beetles in sprayed areas is ______________ .
(a) Going down
(b) Larger than ever
(c) Unchanged
(d) Gone

12. Not only do chemicals hurt the soil, but they also ____________ the soil for years.
(a) Change
(b) Help
(c) Remain in
(d) Clean

13. DDT seems to be able to be stored in the __________ tissues of the body.
(a) Fatty
(b) Outer
(c) Muscle
(d) Lean

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

15. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?
(a) Insects
(b) People
(c) Plants
(d) Animals

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not produced as a result of not having the pollination process continue?

2. For almost every human being on the planet, synthetic pesticides are present in _______ and probably in bodily tissues from the beginning.

3. The _________ of Wyoming which supported many animal species were unintentionally killed, leading to massive animal death.

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

5. What did the birds provide naturally that made their deaths all the more significant?

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