Silent Spring Revision

To which senses do the following lines of imagery appeal to?

In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines. Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the fall mornings.

• sight and smell

• taste and hearing

• sight and hearing

• hearing and touch

What are the two animals that attracted visitors to the town? Choose two answers.

• cows

• fish

• sheep

• birds

What happened to the animals and the people in the town?

• They become sick and then died.

• They suddenly disappeared.

• They migrated to another town.

• They were unable to live together.

Why did the doctors in the town become confused and puzzled about what had happened to the people?

• The women in the town gave birth to abnormal children.

• The people of the town were attacked by strange-looking insects.

• The people of the town were attacked by cows, sheep, and birds.

• The people of the town were struck by new types of illnesses.

To which senses do the following lines of imagery appeal to?

On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices, there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh.

• smell and touch

• sight and hearing

• taste and hearing

• touch and sight

Why does spring become silent in the town?

• Because all the birds in the town have strangely disappeared.

• Because all the people in the town have migrated.

• Because all the animals in the town have died.

• Because all the tourists have stopped visiting the town.

What is most likely the cause of the great changes that happen to the town?

• extreme weather conditions

• harmful pesticides

• viruses and bacteria

• civil war