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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, This Book is Not a Tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with recycling as we know it?
(a) Recycling means eating old food.
(b) Recycling means using the materials in a way they were not intended.
(c) Recycling means using inferior products.
(d) Recycling means losing more money to better technology.

2. What word do the authors use as a realistic alternative to the word "recycling"?
(a) Downcycling.
(b) Chemcycling.
(c) Toxicycle.
(d) Evolution.

3. What words best describe the environment that Michael grows up in?
(a) Communist.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Violent.
(d) Philosophical.

4. Where does Bill go to study?
(a) New York.
(b) Israel.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Harvard.

5. What is the authors' point for why import laws need to be changed?
(a) Because they allow the import of goods that are of very low quality but a lower price than American products.
(b) Because they permit the import of goods whose manufacturing process is environmentally unsound.
(c) Because they over-tax products that are made from animals.
(d) Because they are hurting the economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is goat hair a good material for the Bedouin tents?

2. What does the owner of Ciba-Geigy encourage Michael to do?

3. What is the goal of Germany's Green Party?

4. What does Bill finally realize about design?

5. Why are books problematic to recycle?

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