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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. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.
(a) Stones
(b) Birds
(c) Wildflowers
(d) Soil

2. Plants and animals specifically ________ to live in whatever their environments are.
(a) Moved
(b) Adapted
(c) Killed
(d) Used control

3. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?
(a) Black birds
(b) Smog
(c) White powder
(d) Insects

4. Wildlife is unlikely to bounce back after _________ that kill large numbers of their kind.
(a) Fires
(b) Weather patterns
(c) Temperatures
(d) Sprayings

5. Humans __________ plants when an an immediate use is not obvious for a plant.
(a) Destroy
(b) Eat
(c) Move
(d) Test

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the source of the contamination in the eagle population?

2. What is the name of the naturally occurring mineral that is toxic to humans and most creatures but is still used as a pesticide?

3. What becomes more numerous when the bird population goes down?

4. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the liver when it processes chemicals in the body?

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

3. What is the 'window' that is referred to in the title of this chapter of the book?

4. What is happening to insects, even though there have been mass applications of chemicals to get rid of them?

5. What was the cause of the salmon population downfall in the Miramichi River?

6. What does Carson say the major public health problems used to be caused by?

7. What are the smallest organisms on the Earth which live in the soil?

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

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

10. What puzzles the doctors during the mysterious blight in this area?

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