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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book suggests that deep down, many gardeners see themselves as ________ transforming compost, water, and light into beauty.
(a) Spiritualists.
(b) Herbalists.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Alchemists.

2. _________ is one example of a chemical which was tested before it was used, only to find that later on it affected other ecosystems.
(a) DDT.
(b) Bt.
(c) Marigolds.
(d) Neem oil.

3. Goats are associated with the discovery of _____, when it was observed they became frisky after eating the red berries.
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Mistletoe.

4. Genetic ____________ is the catchall term used to describe the various unexpected effects that misplaced or unregulated foreign genes can have in an environment.
(a) Code.
(b) Variance.
(c) Instability.
(d) Regulation.

5. A growing technique which requires few tools and and a minimal amount of labor is called a ___________.
(a) Lazy bed.
(b) Sleepy bed.
(c) True bed.
(d) Easy bed.

6. Potatoes today are descended from the center of _________ in the Andean altiplano, where wild ancestors grew them.
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Plain land.
(d) Diversity.

7. Psychoactive drugs serve as bridges between the worlds of matter and spirit, or in modern language _______and consciousness.
(a) Geometry.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Geology.

8. What is a good place to experiment and a place to try out new plants and techniques without having to risk a lot?
(a) Scientific lab.
(b) School.
(c) Flower pot.
(d) Garden.

9. Pollan suggests that drugs have both positive and negative qualities. The wine of _______ was both a scourge and a blessing.
(a) Zeus.
(b) Venus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Dionysus.

10. The reasons why potatoes did not become popular in Europe at first was because they were thought to cause _________ and immorality.
(a) Measles.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Malaria.

11. The weedy _________ potatoes on the edges of Andean farms caused changes in the strains of potatoes which would grow.
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Dark.
(d) Wild.

12. ______ has written two books claiming that consciousness changing is a basic human activity that even children seek out.
(a) Deepak Chopra.
(b) Michael Palin.
(c) Michael Pollan.
(d) Andrew Weil.

13. Andrew Weil has referred to marijuana as an _____________ when taking account of the phenomenon.
(a) Insane mind game.
(b) Inane drug.
(c) Idiotic choice.
(d) Active placebo.

14. The Dutch genius for horticulture leftover from the ________ combined with the influx of new seeds.
(a) Night Queen craze.
(b) Tulip craze.
(c) Rose craze.
(d) Apple craze.

15. When the ___________ harvest failed in England in 1794, it seems that the poor were not going to be able to buy the bread they needed.
(a) Bran.
(b) Corn.
(c) Rice.
(d) Wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, Pollan was almost caught by the police for growing a couple of ______ plants on his property.

2. __________ was what some people in England used to call the potato, which continued its separation from their diet.

3. The book suggests that _______ calls to human desire to alter the textures and contents of our consciousness.

4. The book suggests that the decisions that a culture makes in which plants drugs to promote or prohibit help to ______.

5. According to the book, cannabis is now America's leading _______ with sinsemilla selling for upwards of $500 an ounce.

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