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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For almost every human being on the planet, synthetic pesticides are present in _______ and probably in bodily tissues from the beginning.
(a) Mother's milk
(b) Water
(c) The placenta
(d) Powdered formula

6. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.
(a) Biodiversity
(b) Chemicals
(c) Regulation
(d) Possibility

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

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

9. Where was the population of Japanese Beetles effectively controlled?
(a) West
(b) South
(c) East
(d) North

10. What is not produced as a result of not having the pollination process continue?
(a) Leaves
(b) Fruit
(c) Air
(d) Stones

11. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?
(a) Millipede
(b) Mole
(c) Earthworm
(d) Mouse

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

13. What is the name for chemicals that mix with other pollutants and substances in the water, producing unidentifiable results?
(a) Gunk
(b) Muck
(c) Sludge
(d) Trep

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

15. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?
(a) Hummingbirds
(b) Humans
(c) Bees
(d) Scientists

Short Answer Questions

1. Plants growing in contaminated soil may carry the contaminants into their _____________.

2. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.

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

4. In ___________ in the 1950s, the chemical that appeared in the water had actually been created spontaneously by the interaction of other chemicals present.

5. The business of chemical _______ is booming because people approach plant life without thinking about any perspective but their own immediate desires.

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