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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 "Indiscriminately from the Skies".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the fire any not destroy, even though the US government made claims that it did?
(a) Money
(b) Crops
(c) Buildings
(d) Trees

2. Spring begins in the United States with the once-familiar ___________.
(a) Birdsong
(b) Heavy rains
(c) Temperature changes
(d) Storms

3. The ___________ is strictly a forest insect, which is why people were outraged when residential areas were sprayed to control it.
(a) Dutch Elm
(b) Fire ant
(c) Gypsy moth
(d) Tick

4. What was infected with chemicals that led to the death of so many robins?
(a) Nest building material
(b) Air
(c) Water
(d) Earthworms

5. ____________ can eliminate only the unwanted plants and give the beneficial plants a chance to thrive.
(a) Herbicides
(b) Targeted extermination
(c) Dangerous chemicals
(d) Selective spraying

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ do not kill people or birds, although the US government said they did.

2. Much of the world's water is polluted by ________ from many sources.

3. What is not one of the animal species which are bolstered by the inclusion of sagebrush in the West?

4. There is a widespread, critical shortage of ____________ across the globe.

5. ______________ birds have also died as a result of the elm spraying.

(see the answer key)

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