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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gene Kahn is the founder of ______ Farm, which is a giant organic company that uses industrial methods.
(a) Manchester.
(b) Cascadian.
(c) Morley.
(d) Clover.

2. Synthetic _______, invented by Fritz Haber as a side effect of his work on bombs in Germany, meant that crops could be grown without care about the amount of this substance on the Earth.
(a) Nitrogen.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Potassium.
(d) Phosphorus.

3. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) No one.
(c) Dutch royalty.
(d) Cows.

4. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?
(a) GMOs.
(b) Fertilizers.
(c) Water.
(d) Pesticides.

5. Pollan points out during the book that omnivores face a __________ when they eat today.
(a) Problem.
(b) Truth.
(c) Overabundance.
(d) Dilemma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn is also able to limit the ______ lost during the process of photosynthesis, according to the book.

2. What is the name of the once trash strewn park that was turned into a community garden?

3. The soda industry began to ______ their sodas, which led people to drink more and to buy more.

4. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.

5. Corn began to rise to fame when the government war factories turned into __________ factories.

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