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

2. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.
(a) Difficult to detect
(b) Hidden from view
(c) Ignored
(d) Sometimes safe

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

4. Large areas of Michigan were sprayed in 1959 in order to try to control what insect?
(a) Japanese beetle
(b) Fireflies
(c) Chinese ladybug
(d) Locusts

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.

2. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?

3. Repeated spraying lead to poisoned environments in which not only are resident creatures killed, but also those that _________ there.

4. The title of this chapter comes from Jean Rostand: "The obligation to endure gives us the right to ___________."

5. There is a widespread, critical shortage of ____________ across the globe.

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the widespread application of chemicals in the time of World War II?

2. What did the chemical warfare of World War II lead to?

3. Why did so many birds die as a result of the spraying for Dutch Elm Disease?

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

5. What happens when the bees are suddenly gone from this beautiful American town?

6. What are some of the diseases that insects can carry which are harmful to humans?

7. What do more American children die from today than from any other disease, according to the book as it was written in its own time period?

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

9. What makes humans different from the plants and animals in nature, with regard to their ability to do?

10. What are the relatively new sources of water pollution, according to this book?

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