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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "The Other Road".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The campaign in the American West to replace _______ with grass is one example of man's arrogant approach to plants.
(a) Sand
(b) Sagebrush
(c) Cacti
(d) Trees

2. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?
(a) Scientists
(b) Bees
(c) Humans
(d) Hummingbirds

3. What does the narrow window reveal when seen from far away?
(a) Death
(b) Sliver of light
(c) Nothing
(d) Blue skies

4. DDT is passed long through the ___________ during the course of nearly everyone's life.
(a) Packaged foods
(b) Air
(c) Food chain
(d) Exhaust fumes

5. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.
(a) Wildflowers
(b) Birds
(c) Soil
(d) Stones

Short Answer Questions

1. In ___________ in the 1950s, the chemical that appeared in the water had actually been created spontaneously by the interaction of other chemicals present.

2. ____________ and animals were sprayed directly during the campaign against the gypsy moths.

3. Chemical residues in _______ are another source of gradual buildup of chemicals in the body.

4. A chemically weakened environment opens the door to explosive insect ____________.

5. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

(see the answer key)

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