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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The majority of the Earth's surface is covered with __________.
(a) Trees
(b) Birds
(c) Water
(d) Land

6. Because animals are affected by chemicals, scientists are having a hard time finding uncontaminated animals to serve as _________ in experiments.
(a) Controls
(b) Helpers
(c) Examples
(d) Subjects

7. How long can chemicals remain in the soil to which they are applied?
(a) 1 year
(b) 12 years
(c) A few days
(d) 1 month

8. Who was intended to benefit from the removal of sagebrush from the American West?
(a) Birds
(b) Livestock
(c) Other plant species
(d) Lizards

9. What did the birds provide naturally that made their deaths all the more significant?
(a) Pest control
(b) Songs
(c) Eggs
(d) Migration patterns

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

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

12. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?
(a) Helpful mixtures
(b) Organic cleaners
(c) Toxic chemicals
(d) Necessary evils

13. Spring begins in the United States with the once-familiar ___________.
(a) Birdsong
(b) Temperature changes
(c) Heavy rains
(d) Storms

14. Continued use of pesticides could very well damage soil ___________.
(a) Illegally
(b) In some areas
(c) Over time
(d) Beyond repair

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.

2. Chemical wielding __________ overlook the terrible flaws in their programs of blanket spraying.

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

4. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.

5. What was applied to a large area of Illinois over an 8 year period in order to try to control the Japanese Beetle?

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