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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the Monsanto headquarters located, according to Pollan's description in the book?
(a) Chicago.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New York.
(d) Ausin.

2. The book compares tulips in fields to ______ or lipsticks, merely flashes of bright color on the horizon.
(a) Popsickles.
(b) Eyeliner.
(c) Lollipops.
(d) Paintbrushes.

3. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.
(a) Making cider.
(b) Selling.
(c) Composting.
(d) Eating.

4. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Geneva.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Mansfied.
(d) Ohio.

5. According to the book, some counter strategies to these toxins include all of the following except ______.
(a) Heightened memory.
(b) Digestive processes that detoxify.
(c) Drying plants in the sun.
(d) Feeding strategies that minimize ingestion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pollan opened up the package to grow the NewLeaf potatoes, the card stated that he was now ________ to grow the potatoes.

2. What is Pollan not allowed to do with the NewLeaf potatoes at the end of the year, according to the law?

3. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.

4. Pollan refers to the _____ as the gothic femme fatale in the masculine world of tulips.

5. The weedy _________ potatoes on the edges of Andean farms caused changes in the strains of potatoes which would grow.

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