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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humans hold a narrow view of _________, using them when they are immediately useful only.
(a) Trees
(b) Plants
(c) Pests
(d) Animals

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

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

4. Because synthetic pesticides are ______, they can easily poison intended and unintended targets.
(a) Widespread
(b) Organic
(c) Dangerous
(d) Lethal

5. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.
(a) Death
(b) Stunted growth
(c) Unnatural height
(d) Better taste

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The majority of the Earth's surface is covered with __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the cycle of life between the soil, plants, and the animals.

2. What does Carson encourage readers to do in relation to the information they receive about pollution and pest control?

3. What happened when people in Wyoming unintentionally destroyed the willows in a particular area?

4. What human function is adversely affected by exposure to chemicals and to radiation, disrupting the universal currency of energy?

5. What is contained in food that is another source of lethal chemicals in the human body?

6. Why are chemicals seen as so harmful to the soil and to the life within the soil?

7. What were some of the lies the government told about the fire any population?

8. What has the environment played an important role in forming, according to this chapter?

9. What has happened with synthetic pesticides within less than twenty years of their existence?

10. According to Carson, what does a chemically weakened environment open the door to?

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