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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did farm animals stop doing as a result of the fire any eradication program?
(a) Eating
(b) Gaining weight
(c) Stop producing healthy young
(d) Walking

2. ____________ and animals were sprayed directly during the campaign against the gypsy moths.
(a) Buildings
(b) Waterways
(c) People
(d) Building interiors

3. What is the name of the chemical that changes form once it enters the environment, becoming another more deadly chemical?
(a) Heptachlor
(b) DDT
(c) HCl
(d) Bromide

4. ______________ do not kill people or birds, although the US government said they did.
(a) Gypsy moths
(b) Fire ants
(c) Eagles
(d) Ladybugs

5. Most people's chemical exposure comes ___________ rather than in mass sprayings.
(a) In large doses
(b) Day by day
(c) From food
(d) From cars

Short Answer Questions

1. Some substances can interact with each other in unpredictable ways, increasing their _____________.

2. The narrow ___________ is the tiniest structure in the human body.

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

4. The long term effects of chemical exposure, per Carson, are easy to ignore as long as they are ___________.

5. ______________ is the basic process of life creation for everything from amoebae to humans.

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