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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. In the modern world, life does not have the luxury of ________.
(a) Time
(b) Control
(c) Research
(d) Money

2. Chemicals can travel down ___________ or in underground aquifers to the bodies of water.
(a) Sewers
(b) Streets
(c) Watersheds
(d) Mountains

3. DDT seems to be able to be stored in the __________ tissues of the body.
(a) Fatty
(b) Muscle
(c) Lean
(d) Outer

4. What was one of the chemicals used in the massive spraying in #78?
(a) Melatonin
(b) Bitter orange
(c) Aldrin
(d) DDT

5. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?
(a) Eels
(b) Guppies
(c) Insects
(d) Trout

Short Answer Questions

1. If a robin did not die, it often suffered from __________ as a result of being exposed to DDT.

2. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?

3. Wildlife is unlikely to bounce back after _________ that kill large numbers of their kind.

4. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?

5. Throughout earth's history, living things have __________ with their environment but not changed it.

(see the answer key)

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