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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mushrooms, Pollan points out, can be ________, but they can also be deadly.
(a) Huge.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Easy to find.
(d) Divine.

2. Pollan makes __________ toasts from the produce in his garden and bread that uses yeast he has gathered.
(a) Kale.
(b) Fava bean.
(c) Potato.
(d) Tomato.

3. _________ foods are those that are generally recognized to be toxic to humans.
(a) Spicy.
(b) Sour.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Sweet.

4. Pollan hopes to bring the reader back to their original _______ of food.
(a) Religion.
(b) Idea.
(c) Source.
(d) Book.

5. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.
(a) Water.
(b) Soil.
(c) Bean.
(d) Fertilizer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.

2. The tart is made with _________ from Pollan's neighbor's garden as a dessert.

3. How many boars do Pollan and the others find when they go back to hunt after lunch?

4. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?

5. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?

(see the answer key)

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