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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Elixirs of Death".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?
(a) Cats
(b) Birds
(c) Pebbles
(d) Lakes

2. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?
(a) Black birds
(b) White powder
(c) Insects
(d) Smog

3. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.
(a) Biodiversity
(b) Chemicals
(c) Regulation
(d) Possibility

4. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?
(a) Fish population
(b) Waves
(c) Changing leaves
(d) Migratory birds

5. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?
(a) Plants
(b) Animals
(c) People
(d) Insects

Short Answer Questions

1. How long can chemicals remain in the soil to which they are applied?

2. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?

3. DDT seems to be able to be stored in the __________ tissues of the body.

4. Toxic substances work to stop the body's natural functions; some of them may cause __________ to begin growing.

5. Because animals are affected by chemicals, scientists are having a hard time finding uncontaminated animals to serve as _________ in experiments.

(see the answer key)

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