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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Waste Equals Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement best describes how the authors feel about consumerism?
(a) We can blame uneducated consumers for the state of the environment.
(b) It is not completely the consumer's fault for the mass production of environmentally dangerous products.
(c) We can blame our children for our own consumerism.
(d) It is the fault of an education system that does not teach good consumerism.

2. What health problems can be caused by high levels of contaminants in a normal household?
(a) Asthma and allergies.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Liver and brain cancer.

3. What toxic chemical is included in the production of plastic water bottles?
(a) Neon.
(b) Antimony.
(c) Carbon.
(d) Sodium.

4. Which of the following is not a goal of eco-efficiency?
(a) Use safer chemicals during material production.
(b) Reduce consumer spending.
(c) Increase profits.
(d) Reduce consumption of resources.

5. How did Henry Ford upcycle his shipping boxes?
(a) He threw them out and made new ones.
(b) He reused them as floorboards on model-A trucks.
(c) He donated them to be used as fruit crates.
(d) He used them to build new homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which chemical is forbidden to use in the United States in rubber products?

2. What does Bill find inspiring about the environment that he grows up in?

3. How can leather be safely tanned?

4. By what percent has Egypt´s food crops decreased?

5. The authors present the cherry tree as a good model of what?

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