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

2. Without plants, there could be no _________ of any kind.
(a) Food
(b) Pollution
(c) Greenery
(d) Animals

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

4. What becomes more numerous when the bird population goes down?
(a) Animals
(b) Earthworms
(c) Tree leaves
(d) Insects

5. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.
(a) Separate
(b) Dirty
(c) At risk
(d) Connected

Short Answer Questions

1. Humans hold a narrow view of _________, using them when they are immediately useful only.

2. DDT seems to be able to be stored in the __________ tissues of the body.

3. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.

4. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the chemical arsenic, what it does, and how it is used in the world in today's times.

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

3. What are two of the factors which are contributing to the chemical deposits in the earth, water, and living tissues?

4. What have red ants been used for in the matter of forest hygiene?

5. What were the results of the gypsy moth spraying in 1956?

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

7. Why is the eradication of the sagebrush not going to be an effective move for humans?

8. What are synthetic pesticides now made of, as opposed to the naturally occurring minerals which were once used before the war?

9. How does Carson think weeds are defined by most people in today's world?

10. Why is the eagle population suffering in relation to the chemicals being used in pest control?

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