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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Survey of Common Vegetables.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method do people use to harden the liquid oil in margarine?
(a) Oxidisation.
(b) Oxygenation.
(c) Hydrogenation.
(d) Hygenetics.

2. Which of the following is a fermented dairy product?
(a) Single cream.
(b) Buttermilk.
(c) Milk.
(d) Cheese.

3. What kind of cooking does oven roasting ensure?
(a) Tender cooking.
(b) Even cooking.
(c) Half cooking.
(d) Anti bacteria cooking.

4. What does the author think meat is leaner and younger than it has been in the past?
(a) People want risk free meat.
(b) People are concerned about their blood levels.
(c) People demand more quality.
(d) People are concerned about cholesterol.

5. What does a parsnip convert its starch to in the winter?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Wax.
(c) Flour.
(d) Salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family is spinach a member of?

2. What kind of vitamin do fish and shellfish contain?

3. What continent did sour cream and buttermilk originate from?

4. What is the second most popular vegetable in the USA?

5. What does heat treatment kill in the milk?

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