Question 1
Termites infest _____ homes each year, damaging $_____ dollars in property.
  a) 10,000 homes, $100,000    b) 600,000 homes, $800,000,000    c) 1,000,000 homes, $50,000    d) 75,000 homes, $750,000   
 
 
Question 2
Fleas carrying diseases have killed more people than all the wars ever fought.
  a) true    b) false   
 
 
Question 3
A German cockroach can survive a ______ or more without food, but less than ______ without water.
  a) day, 2 hours    b) month, 2 weeks    c) week, 2 days    d) hour, 1 day   
 
 
Question 4
Without pest control, food production would drop by as much as ______.
  a) one-fifth    b) one-half    c) one-third    d) one-fourth   
 
 
Question 5
When food production drops, prices go up.  A 10 percent drop in production may increase retail prices by 7.5 to 15 percent.  How much will that add to a person's food bill?
  a) $102    b) $17    c) $33    d) $42   
 
 
Question 6
In one day, how many millions of dollars of property damage is done by rats and mice?
  a) $4 million    b) $2 million    c) $5.5 million    d) $2.5 million   
 
 
Question 7
Two fleas multiplying under ideal conditions for 9 months have the potential to produce ______ descendants.
  a) 2 trillion    b) 5 million    c) 200,000    d) 3 billion   
 
 
Question 8
Under optimum conditions, one female cockroach can produce ______ offspring in one year.
  a) 1 billion    b) 500,000    c) 3 trillion    d) 2 million   
 
 
Question 9
Besides being a nuisance, household pests such as fleas and ticks are disease carriers.  How many major illnesses are insects known to transmit?
  a) 15    b) 2    c) 100    d) 45   
 
 
Question 10
With the amount of wood that termites chewed in 1988, how many new homes could have been built?
  a) 4012    b) 757    c) 452    d) 1205