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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There has been a huge increase in the incidence of ___________ and in our awareness of it in fewer than 200 years.
(a) Virus
(b) Influenza
(c) Malignancy
(d) Pneumonia

2. Fire ants' mounds actually serve to ________ the soil, which is a good thing.
(a) Preserve
(b) Protect
(c) Water
(d) Aerate

3. ________________ are affected because poisoned fish are not a source of food to sell.
(a) Grocery stores
(b) Restaurants
(c) Commercial fisheries
(d) Sushi bars

4. Our __________ carry thousands of years of adaptation and evolution to us.
(a) Families
(b) Brains
(c) Skin cells
(d) Genes

5. All foods, according to Carson, contain some level of such poisonous chemicals as __________.
(a) Bitter orange
(b) Boron
(c) Nicotine
(d) DDT

6. ______ ponds are particularly susceptible to poisoning because of their proximity to chemically treated fields.
(a) Industrial
(b) Farm
(c) Organic
(d) Rural

7. Chemicals that act upon our genes can cause sudden __________, producing new and undesirable changes in subsequent generations.
(a) Mutations
(b) Death
(c) Mitosis
(d) Impulses

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

9. Which state has abandoned broad eradication in favor of the control in #117?
(a) Maine
(b) California
(c) Ohio
(d) Florida

10. What kind of disease can fleas carry and then transmit to humans as a result of a bite?
(a) Plague
(b) Yellow fever
(c) Typhus
(d) Malaria

11. Some substances can interact with each other in unpredictable ways, increasing their _____________.
(a) Strength
(b) Toxicity
(c) Safety
(d) Effectiveness

12. Many attempts to control ___________ have results in massive fish kills.
(a) Army ants
(b) Brown ants
(c) Spiders
(d) Fire ants

13. Insecticides used against insects that feed on __________ have killed many fish in the South.
(a) Cotton
(b) Grain
(c) Corn
(d) Tobacco

14. During what war time was the spraying of chemicals made more intense and more widespread?
(a) Vietnam
(b) WWI
(c) Civil War
(d) WWII

15. For many thousands of years, ___________ have returned from the Atlantic each year.
(a) Trout
(b) Mackerel
(c) Salmon
(d) Eels

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fire any not destroy, even though the US government made claims that it did?

2. Scientists believe that human __________ is unrealistic.

3. What posed no threat, only a minor annoyance, yet was still the target of a massive spraying campaign?

4. Most people's chemical exposure comes ___________ rather than in mass sprayings.

5. What are many chemicals sold in that could result in high chemical exposure if dropped by the consumer?

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