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- Q1Where does most of Scene 1 take place?a hotel roomRachel's housea farma forest120sRI.5.3
- Q2What happens in Scene 2?Rachel visits three different farms.Rachel talks to Miss Benson on the phone.Rachel reads letters about animals harmed by DDT.Olga, Miss Benson, and Mr. Murphy come to Rachel's house for a meeting.120sRI.5.1
- Q3After seeing the dead piglets in Scene 3, Rachel says, "I am going to do something about this." What does she do?writes a book about DDT and other pesticides.makes an ad about DDT.forms the Environmental Protection Agency.visits the Huckins farm.120sRI.5.3
- Q4In Scene 6, you can guess that Executive 1 and Executive 2 feel _____ about Rachel and her book.curiousproudexcitedangry120sRI.5.1
- Q5The infographic on page 24 shows how DDT ....has made the world safer.affects different animals as it goes through the food chain.kills bugs that eat crops.keeps mosquitoes form biting people.120sRI.5.7
- Q6Based on the play, which pair of words best describes Rachel?relaxed and unworriedconcerned and thoroughcranky and hurriedintelligent and sneaky120sRI.5.3
- Q7The radio ad for DDT in Scene 4 helps you understand that ....people don't trust DDT.DDT is not as harmful as Rachel think.it will be hard for Rachel to convince people that DDT is harmful.it will be easy for Rachel to convince people that DDT is harmful.120sRI.5.1
- Q8What is the mood of Scene 6, when the executives talk about Rachel's book?mysteriouspeacefulcheerfultense120sRI.5.3
- Q9In the sentence, "The chemical companies say Rachel's book Silent Spring is a hoax," a hoax is something meant to _________.educateamusedeceiveshock120sRI.5.4
- Q10What do you learn in the Epilogue?Mr. Murphy's new piglets are all healthy.DDT was banned in 1972.Cows today produce 20 percent more milk.About 900 million pounds of pesticides were used last year.120sRI.5.1