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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 "And No Birds Sing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.
(a) Stunted growth
(b) Death
(c) Better taste
(d) Unnatural height

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

3. Wildlife biologists and forestry experts __________ the mass killings of so much life.
(a) Assist in
(b) Support
(c) Decry
(d) Are guilty of

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

5. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.
(a) Maple
(b) Birch
(c) Palm
(d) Pine

Short Answer Questions

1. The Earth itself is ________ only as long as the creatures within it are.

2. Plants and animals specifically ________ to live in whatever their environments are.

3. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.

4. Large areas of Michigan were sprayed in 1959 in order to try to control what insect?

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

(see the answer key)

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