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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The idea behind grass farming is that the ________ is the most natural and renewable source of energy.
(a) Water.
(b) Worker.
(c) Sun.
(d) Land.

2. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.
(a) Perfect.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Malleable.
(d) Imperfect.

3. A new program was introduced to pay the farmers directly for the difference in price between the target and the selling price of ________.
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Barley.
(d) Corn.

4. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.
(a) Packaging.
(b) Value.
(c) Sugars.
(d) Prices.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?

2. Organic farms might still look like industrial farms, but they do not use ___________.

3. _______ was mass produced because of all of the corn that was grown at the time of the alcohol period in the country.

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

5. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?

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