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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is inefficient about most roofs?
(a) They collapse frequently.
(b) The material is easily replaced.
(c) The material washes away with rain.
(d) They do not insulate the house very well.

2. What model do early nomads follow?
(a) The industrial model.
(b) Cradle to cradle.
(c) Monoculture agriculture systems.
(d) Cradle to grave.

3. Which of the following is an example of people trying to live with nature as it is today?
(a) Consumers decrease spending on recyclable products.
(b) Industrial factories designed with efficiency and production in mind.
(c) Shoe manufacturers import materials that contain toxic chemicals.
(d) The Yakima Indians cooperate with the state of Washington by assuring the government that they will keep their own children safe from toxins in a dump site.

4. All of the following are things a well-designed roof should provide, except:
(a) Conservation of water.
(b) Energy.
(c) Shelter for the house.
(d) A waste bin for toxic chemicals.

5. By what percent has Egypt´s food crops decreased?
(a) 20%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 50%.

6. How are most manufacturing processes different than the way ants live in the environment?
(a) Most manufacturing creates waste that is not useful in the environment.
(b) Most manufacturing replaces the resources it depletes.
(c) Most manufacturing produces biodegradable chemicals.
(d) Most manufacturing is concerned with productivity.

7. All of the following are true about a typical book except:
(a) The inks contain many toxic chemicals.
(b) It is not biodegradable.
(c) It is easily recycled.
(d) It uses chlorine in all aspects of its production.

8. What do the authors mean by "one size fits all"?
(a) To describe how third-world countries design houses.
(b) To describe the result of recycling materials.
(c) To describe a decrease in diversity cause by modern industry.
(d) To describe the modern design for running shoes.

9. Which of the following statements best describes the authors' point of view?
(a) It is a world of abundance, not limits.
(b) It is a world of production and efficiency.
(c) The world is ours for the taking.
(d) The world has unlimited resources.

10. The authors present the cherry tree as a good model of what?
(a) Cradle to grave design.
(b) Eco-efficiency.
(c) Cradle to cradle design.
(d) Crude product design.

11. What do conventional plastic shoes emit every time you walk or run?
(a) Lead.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Water.

12. How has leather been tanned in the last forty years?
(a) With chromium tanners.
(b) With salt tanners.
(c) With vegetable tanners.
(d) With plastic resins.

13. What do materials become in upcycling?
(a) Sewage sludge.
(b) Nutrients for other new materials.
(c) Recycled products like paper.
(d) Harmless waste.

14. Which statement most accurately reflects the authors' ideas?
(a) Our products and processes are best when they most resemble the natural world.
(b) Our industry is best when we accommodate worker equity.
(c) Our products are best when consumers can afford them.
(d) Our industry is best when it uses more simple designs on a larger scale.

15. How does the Menominee tribe use their forest resources?
(a) They sell a certain number of trees to maintain the rest of the forest.
(b) They take only half of the trees at a time.
(c) They don't collect any trees for any reason.
(d) They collect only the weak or sick trees, leaving the healthy trees to grow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Henry Ford upcycle his shipping boxes?

2. What do some people make with old tires in Africa?

3. Why aren't cherry trees wasteful?

4. What aspect of a roof is not desirable to human health?

5. Which statement below would be a good title for this section of the book?

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