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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.
(a) Fertilizers.
(b) Wheat.
(c) GMOs.
(d) Organic blends.

2. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 50.
(d) 29.

3. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.
(a) Food supplies.
(b) Oil wells.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Energy.

4. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.
(a) Reproduced.
(b) Died.
(c) Mutated.
(d) Grew.

5. What is NOT one of the threads of the worldwide food chain that humans fit into?
(a) The dairy market.
(b) The organic chain.
(c) The hunter-gatherer chain.
(d) The industrial chain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan points out during the book that omnivores face a __________ when they eat today.

2. How many atoms does corn utilize during photosynthesis, unlike others?

3. The _________ is one of the specialized animals that Pollan points out as having no issues with eating.

4. The lack of a food _______ is something that causes humans to be susceptible to food fads.

5. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?

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