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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ is an annual convention and harvest fair sponsored by High Times Magazine that attracts many growers.
(a) The Cannabis Chalice.
(b) The Cannabis Challenge.
(c) The Cannabis Cup.
(d) The Cannabis Contest.

2. According to the book, some of the most bitter and "bad" plants are the ones that contain the most powerful _______.
(a) Seeds.
(b) Potions.
(c) Magic.
(d) Herbs.

3. Dave Hjelle from Monstanto tells Pollan something that makes him a little concerned. He says, "______________."
(a) I'm worried too.
(b) It's problematic.
(c) No problem.
(d) Trust us.

4. Pollan believes that the idea of planting and of growing plants causes humans to be filled with a sense of _________.
(a) Power.
(b) Peace.
(c) Humility.
(d) Honor.

5. Psychoactive drugs serve as bridges between the worlds of matter and spirit, or in modern language _______and consciousness.
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Geology.
(d) Astronomy.

6. Farmers who plant Bt crops must leave a certain portion of their land for non-Bt crops to provide a ________ for the bugs.
(a) Refuge.
(b) Study.
(c) Trap.
(d) School.

7. Until the mid-1970s, most of the marijuana in America was grown in _______ and was often sprayed with a pesticide paraquat.
(a) America.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Peru.
(d) Canada.

8. When Pollan opened up the package to grow the NewLeaf potatoes, the card stated that he was now ________ to grow the potatoes.
(a) Authorized.
(b) Able.
(c) Licensed.
(d) Legalized.

9. According to the book, drugs that alter the user's perception of time and space are taboo because they disrupt the _______.
(a) Religious order.
(b) Verbal order.
(c) Social order.
(d) Political order.

10. What kind of storm took place in December of 1999, causing the gardens of Versailles to be ruined?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Snow storm.
(c) Windstorm.
(d) Flood.

11. The new potato called "NewLeaf" has been genetically engineered in order to produce its own ______________.
(a) Water.
(b) Insecticide.
(c) Peel.
(d) Food.

12. American hippies sometimes traveled the _______ in Afghanistan and returned with seeds of Cannabis Indica.
(a) The Hemp Trail.
(b) The Indica Trail.
(c) The Bud Trail.
(d) The Hashish Trail.

13. ______ present in species such as the wild parsnip cause the animals that eat it to burn in the sun.
(a) Anthocyanins.
(b) Flavenoids.
(c) Photosensitizers.
(d) Photosynthesizers.

14. ________, Pollan believes, is brutally reductive, simplifying nature's incomprehensible complexity to something humanly manageable.
(a) Sociology.
(b) Science.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Agriculture.

15. John Chapman had the imagination to identify with the _________ in the ecology of the world.
(a) Bees.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book suggests that gardens used to be planted as a kind of living _____ that cared little for aesthetics.

2. For the first time in history, the __________ of a plant is being domesticated by humans and by the scientific changes of humans.

3. Pigeons are associated with the discovery of ______ because of their spacing out behavior after eating the seeds.

4. The book states that one culture's cure all could be another culture's 'root of all evil' also known as ________.

5. Factors restricting the growth of marijuana that indoor gardeners were able to control include the following except _______.

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